More garden visitors

[jennyb]

Those of you who liked my muntjac pictures might like to see the visitors that I had this morning - roe deer this time, another mother and baby!

Aren't they lovely? I think roe deer are so much more elegant than muntjacs.

There are reflections on one of the photos because I took it through the window but I will upload them to the Gallery anyway when I get a spare minute.

Jenny

[cherrybee]

They are lovely you are so lucky

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by jennyb

Those of you who liked my muntjac pictures might like to see the visitors that I had this morning - roe deer this time, another mother and baby!

Aren't they lovely? I think roe deer are so much more elegant than muntjacs.

There are reflections on one of the photos because I took it through the window but I will upload them to the Gallery anyway when I get a spare minute.

Jenny

fantastic pics you must live in a great location. as regard the reflection i would suggest a bit of a crop to remove some of it. for the future the two main tips for shooting through glass are a) get the lens right up against the glass (gently so as not to scare the subjects- a rubber lens hood helps here) and/or b) use a polarizing filter to cut the reflection. Even if you are using a compact you can get cokin holders that screw on to the tripod bush to hold a filter in front of the lens.

[May]

Oh Jenny how lucky you are!
I would love deer in our garden, but then I'd be thinking more about how they got there than admiring them! Though I have been man-handled by deer before so I was lucky then, all truth told!

[jennyb]

Originally Posted by eeyore

fantastic pics you must live in a great location. as regard the reflection i would suggest a bit of a crop to remove some of it. for the future the two main tips for shooting through glass are a) get the lens right up against the glass (gently so as not to scare the subjects- a rubber lens hood helps here) and/or b) use a polarizing filter to cut the reflection. Even if you are using a compact you can get cokin holders that screw on to the tripod bush to hold a filter in front of the lens.

Thanks for the tips. Actually I have a polarising filter on the other lens but not on this one. I didn't think of holding it closer to the glass. The problem is that I am usually in such a panic to take the shots that I don't think straight. I don't sit in wait for these guys. I just happen to see them then make a mad dash for the camera!

I have already cropped this shot quite a bit since they were not particularly close, but maybe I 'll trim a bit more off.

Jenny

[jennyb]

Originally Posted by May

Oh Jenny how lucky you are!
I would love deer in our garden!

There is a down side - they eat all my pretty flowers

Originally Posted by May

Though I have been man-handled by deer before so I was lucky then, all truth told!

I didn't think they were dangerous. What happened?

Jenny

[May]

Originally Posted by jennyb

There is a down side - they eat all my pretty flowers


I didn't think they were dangerous. What happened?

Jenny

That is a downside
We have enough trouble keeping Miss Grace out of the flowers, least of all deer.

Re: the deer.
When I say I was lucky, it wasn't that I was in danger, it was that I was very lucky experiencing one up so close.
Well I did voluntary work in a wildlife hospital a couple of times before my weak back proved to be my downfall. Anyway, there was a resident deer named Dave. I was asked to fetch a bale of hay from the shed which was in his pen. Now Dave, he was a big old thing .. no little scrap of a deer, oh no, I'm 5ft 10 and he intimidated me!
So in I went, shutting the gate behind me, doing all the correct proceedures, walked past him and went to the shed. I shut the door behind me and grabbed the bale. Suddenly the door opened and he was peering at at me with interest! He stepped back to let me out but as I passed, he grabbed the back of my jacket and gripped it tightly! There was me trying to cross the deer enclosure with Dave holding onto my coat for dear (excuse the pun!) life! I pretty much struggled across with him attached to me. I managed to fend him off my jacket as I got to the gate and made it out without the new attachment to my person!
Awww, he was lovely, although very head strong!

[Bobperry2]

That's what I call a wildlife garden Jenny! Brilliant photo's as well, I'm green with envy!

[Alan]

Jenny, if you want the reflections taking out/editing, let me know and I'll do it for you. It wouldn't take long

[Alan]

Here's the edited pic you asked for Jenny

As I said, you really need the original image be it raw or tiff. But it should be ok for web use.

Alan