These two Fallow deer stags seem to entering the preliminaries of the rut, starting with the parallel walk.
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| 1/1000 @ f7.1, iso 800, 260mm |
Then it's heads down and antlers in, it was a bit subdued so obviously not yet fired by hormones.
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| 1/800 @ f7.1, iso 800, 400mm |
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| 1/800 @ f7.1, iso 800, 400mm |
They kept it up for about five minutes.
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| 1/800 @ f7.1, iso 800, 400mm |
Then separated and the dark coloured one preened himself and trotted around proudly.
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| 1/500 @ f7.1, iso 800, 180mm |
While the white one left the field, crossed the road and didn't come back.
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| 1/1000 @ f7.1, iso 800, 400mm |
Here's one that has found it all just a little too much and decided on a nap instead.
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| 1/320 @ f7.1, iso 800, 190mm |
This one was watching in the wings and it wouldn't surprise me if he was in the middle of things when it all kicks off.
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| 1/100 @ f7.1, iso 800, 200mm |
The Red deer have started their bellowing and cant be far away from the big battles.
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| 1/640 @ f7.1, iso 800, 400mm |
By the park gate, a falconer was exercising his Red Tailed Hawk female, I posted some pice of his male a few months ago.
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| 1/160 @ f7.1, iso 800, 200mm |
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| 1/200 @ f7.1, iso 800, 400mm |
All taken on Canon EOS 7D, EF 100 - 400mm L series lens
