[EnglishBob]

Taken Yesterday. (Sunday)

[Petographer]

Beautiful shot of a beautiful animal Craig.

[angelphotographer]

nice. very nice.

wow you must have been very close at 70mm. are we looking at a product of the 70-200 f/4L? i was thinking it was the f/4L b/c the shot was at f/4L, but then i saw the shutter speed of 1/50. was it IS, good hand holding, and/or tripod that made such a sharp shot?
thank you for not stripping exif.


-your web buddy

[EnglishBob]

Thank You

This was taken just after before sunset in the bottom of Yosemite Valley, the light wasn't great so I chose to use flash. The deer was probably 50 feet away and I slowly walked upto it without spooking it, I got down to about 10 feet. The deer in Yosemite can be fairly tame, especially the youngsters.

The lense was a Quantaray 70-300 F4-5.6. No IS, no tripod. The lense is a cheap telephoto, around $150, Quantaray are rebadged tamrons or Sigma's, depending on the exact lens you buy.

The sharpness I will have to claim as my rock steady grip

[Irma]

I love the detail in the horns, buckskin? The background is really nice. At this age their ears look so big if you compare them with the head... Beautiful picture Bob

[EnglishBob]

Buckskin is the leather made from the hide, the material covering the horns they call velvet. It will start to peel very soon.

[angelphotographer]

wow. you are like a rock.

[shuttertalk]

Awesome shot! Amazing how you got so close!