Another from my Woburn trip as the weather is not great.
I have to admit, I do get nervous when they get this close as there are signs that say don't approach the deer. Unfortunately, there are no signs telling the deer not to approach the photographer. I have found though that if you stay perfectly still and don't rattle the shutter too much, they gradually drift away without bothering you.
Yes I think they should teach the stags to keep their distance.
I was once in a very large deer park, and was crossing on a footpath a very wide open area. The herds of deer were a long way off. Then a photographer about 300 yards away from attracted the attention of one of the stags, who trotted over to see what he was up to. That frightened the other photographer who ran off behind a nearby tree, leaving his bag and everything on the floor.
The stag then looked around and spotted me. He came trotting over, but my nearest cover away from the stag was a long way off.
I decided running off might not be a good idea, as I thought he would easily out pace me.
So I stopped still. I did take the precaution of disconnecting the monopod from my camera, just in case I might need to use it as a single antler. He got quite close, made a show of ripping the grass up, but then seemed to lose interest.
So I lived to photograph another day !!!
I was once in a very large deer park, and was crossing on a footpath a very wide open area. The herds of deer were a long way off. Then a photographer about 300 yards away from attracted the attention of one of the stags, who trotted over to see what he was up to. That frightened the other photographer who ran off behind a nearby tree, leaving his bag and everything on the floor.
The stag then looked around and spotted me. He came trotting over, but my nearest cover away from the stag was a long way off.
I decided running off might not be a good idea, as I thought he would easily out pace me.
So I stopped still. I did take the precaution of disconnecting the monopod from my camera, just in case I might need to use it as a single antler. He got quite close, made a show of ripping the grass up, but then seemed to lose interest.
So I lived to photograph another day !!!