I have been photographing very little else than whitetail fawns for
the past few weeks and so I will share some of the photos and video with
you today. We begin with a short video clip of the newborn fawn
featured in the last post. It was resting on the forest floor and I was
filming it with the T3i with 24-105 lens attached. It stood up and
started moving toward me and at that point I dropped from kneeling
position into sitting and removed the camera from the tripod as I did
so. It is hard to follow focus with a DSLR in video mode, but I kicked
the IS in to get maximum stability. The Zacuto finder was mounted in
the traditional position. I simply pressed it to my eye, looking
directly through the Zacuto as one ordinarily would the eye level
finder. This helped to stabilize the camera and the combination of the
Zacuto and the sharp LCD of the T3i, made it possible to hit acceptable
focus much of the time, which is not too bad, as a traditional camcorder
is bad at hunting for focus under such a situation. This is the
instance in which the fawn actually nuzzled my clothing.
The three photographs below were taken on the evening
of June 7th, when a doe brought one of her fawns into the food plot for a good
photo session. All of the photos were taken with the 5D MKIII and the
500mm F4 at ISO 400mm.
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| Young Fawn Pauses From Exploring The Meadow |
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| Fawn Nursing |
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| Fawn Pauses From Nursing |
Documenting the young wildlife as it explores the bright new world
around it, is one of the most rewarding activities the outdoor
photographer can engage in.
Originally posted at
Pennsylvania Wildlife Photographer by Willard Hill.
9 comments:
Priceless pictures. Unfortunately the video is not viewable for some reason.
Thanks, Ruth. I did put a bit long fade to black at the beginning and if you are just getting a black screen, it should play if you let it go a bit. The fade is actually right for on a DVD, but with the buffering issues with online video, I shouldn't put as long of a fade at the beginning.
It works OK on my computer, but there can be some weird glitches with video, so I don't know what is going on.
If anyone else is having problems, or this doesn't solve your problem, Ruth please comment about it here--and I will redo the video--although I may not get it up until next weekend.
Holy Crap Willard, did you help deliver this little guy? That video was amazing. The stills from the 5D were very nice! Hope you're liking it.
Amazing video and those stills...wonderful!
Tom,
I just about helped deliver it. There was no chance to document it being born, but I think I actually did see it drop out of the mother as she stood up. Love the 5D--the best I have had yet.
Love all 3 shots Willard, but the last is my fav one, real cute, bless.
Thanks for you visit too.
Hope all is well with you and family.
What a wonderful experience===really nice set of images
So beautiful and precious!
Awesome!!! Loved the video and envy your encounter! Amazing photos Willard! Thanks so much for all of your documentation!
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