Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 7:14 AM (about 47 minutes after sunrise) on August 16, 2015 of a Fawn White Tail Deer, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image cropped and taken with my tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and my A7r, ISO 250, lens set to f4.5 for 1/200 second. Processed in LR6.
Photo crpss posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken about 39 minutes after Sunrise on August 16, 2015 of a Doe White Tail Deer, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image cropped and taken with my tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and my A7r, ISO 250, lens set to f4.5 for 1/200 second. Exposure corrected by + 0.12 stops. Processed in LR6.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 7:05 PM on August 12, 2015 of a Fawn White Tail Deer, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image taken with my tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and my A7r, ISO 200, lens set to f4.5 for 1/200 second. Processed in LR6.
Was walking down the hall and noticed the setting sun blazing through my front door, so quickly grabbed the camera. A7R2 with Canon FD 35/2 SSC at f/2.8 and a good dose of IBIS. Cross-posted from FE Images thread:
These are killer shots Tim. Vertical is my favourite timballic wrote:
FD 35/2.8 TS. Ullswater, English Lake District, Autumn. (Sorry they're so similar.)
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 7:54 PM on August 12, 2015 of a Fawn White Tail Deer with an itch, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image cropped and taken with my tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and my A7r, ISO 400, lens set to f4.5 for 1/160 second. Exposure corrected by +0.24 Stops. Processed in LR6.
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 6:40 AM on August 12, 2015 of a Fawn White Tail Deer, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image heavily cropped and taken with my tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and my A7r, ISO 800, lens set to f4.5 for 1/125 second. Processed in LR6.
After three attempts at landing an FD 35-105/3.5 that wasn't a dog on the edges, I finally found one on the fourth attempt. Initial test shots looked promising, so I decided to do some testing using hyperfocal distance. In this test image, my focus point was on the reflected tip of the cypress tree located at left of center. At this distance, the required aperture was f/11 which meant that everything from about 7.5 feet to infinity would be acceptably sharp. Peeping in LR6 at 1:2 magnification looks good.
A7R2 with Canon FD 35-105/3.5 at 35mm focal length, f/11, focus distance approximately 15 feet:
naturephoto1 wrote:
Photo cross posted in the Sony FE Image Thread and taken at 6:40 AM on August 12, 2015 of a Fawn White Tail Deer, Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Image heavily cropped and taken with my tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 L lens and my A7r, ISO 800, lens set to f4.5 for 1/125 second. Processed in LR6.
Rich
You have some great deer shots, Rich. How far would you guesstimate your subject distance?
Mike Ganz wrote:
You have some great deer shots, Rich. How far would you guesstimate your subject distance?
Hi Mike,
In Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park you can sometimes get within about 10 or 15 feet. But, some of the does on occassion were comfortable enough to pass me within 5 or 10 feet at times. They must not have thought of me as a threat and I didin't make any sudden moves.
Many were about 20 to 30 feet away and some closer. Some of the images were probably 50 or even 100 feet or more. But, I was lucky enough in many cases to either nail focus or be close enough to be able to probably print at least 16" X 20" or more likely 16" X 24" print sizes. Many could easily print to a 20" X 30" size if I wished. With my tripod mounted Canon new FD 500mm f4.5 lens and my A7r, I normally try to focus on the eyes (not an uncommon practice or the hairs of the ears since the ears are close to the distance to the eyes). When I check the Deer Photos, I normally try to check for the sharpness of the hairs that grow above the eyes. The sharper this area is the larger the image can be printed.
