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Red Deer (Cervus elaphus). Richmond Park, SW London, UK, in very heavy fog. Taken with a Hasselblad 500c/m on HP5+ film, 150mm lens.

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    bjornarv, waiting for friday, Jaci Sue, gumisforlovers, and 417 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Tristan ℛ☽♠ (18 months ago | reply)

    Awesome one.

  3. bjornarv (18 months ago | reply)

    wow! this is sweet! how?....

  4. sixbysixtasy (18 months ago | reply)

    Ah, one of London's greatest assets are its parks, and several of them, in this case Richmond Park, have deer populations. Rutting season is October-early November and the deer get pretty active, bellowing and clashing antlers, so you don't really want to get close, but by now it's pretty safe. On a misty day at dawn, with the deer breathing clouds into the air and their antlers covered in bracken and ferns it really does feel quite primeval.

  5. **Geoff* (18 months ago | reply)

    Gotta hand it to ya there. That's a nice one.

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  9. tobchasinglight (18 months ago | reply)

    Great image and refreshing to see a B&W of this iconic location and its residents

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  12. sixbysixtasy (18 months ago | reply)

    Thanks!

  13. Guenter Goetzinger (18 months ago | reply)

    A very nice and fine Picture.

  14. Meus McIntoshi (18 months ago | reply)

    Faved! Do they just have red deer there or other types as well?

  15. sixbysixtasy (18 months ago | reply)

    A mix of red and fallow, though I think the fallow are a bit shyer (and you occasionally get a white one, which is great!). There are over 600 in the park in total.

  16. Jo Sanderson-Mann (18 months ago | reply)

    wonderful

  17. Meus McIntoshi (18 months ago | reply)

    Cool. We have a similar park north of Copenhagen with red, fallow and sika. I think about 2000 deer in all during the summer (obviously less in winter because many are shot to keep a stable population). My experience with fallow deer is that they are the least shy however. They have better eyesight than red and therefore are less jumpy. When they are grouped together, the red deer are less easily scared because they can feel that the fallow deer are calm.

  18. sixbysixtasy (18 months ago | reply)

    My bad! I guess I was lucky to get closer to the reds then;-) I think, to be fair, that all park deer are pretty relaxed compared to wild deer.

  19. Meus McIntoshi (18 months ago | reply)

    Yes, you are most likely correct. What lens was this taken with? I am curious as to how close you were. Perspective wise it looks like a standard lens, in which case you were extremely close.

  20. sixbysixtasy (18 months ago | reply)

    150mm. Don't think I could have got much closer without frightening them off.

  21. Valentin Iosif [deleted] (18 months ago | reply)

    love the light, misty atmosphere, and direct look at the camera from the foreground animal; great compo; fave

  22. manyfires (18 months ago | reply)

    This is just amazing.

  23. ignaciocattaneo (18 months ago | reply)

    ++

  24. Erwan Bela (18 months ago | reply)

    wow, very incredible.

  25. raemarie (18 months ago | reply)

    Whoa, no joke. That's so cool...

  26. sixbysixtasy (18 months ago | reply)

    Thanks, everyone, for the comments and faves.

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  28. Iris Syzlack (AKA Fifi Patchouli) (18 months ago | reply)

    Fabulous!

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  31. Kim van Dijk photography (17 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called "I should get paid for this shot" and I would be honoured if you would add this perfect shot to I should get paid for this shot!
    I think you should get paid!

    PS: if you have other great photos in your stream: don't hesitate to post those as well!

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  33. Saraia77(Very slowly....) (17 months ago | reply)

    Vu sur \ Seen on
    Icone

  34. LaneyButler (17 months ago | reply)

    great shot!

  35. m-samandary (17 months ago | reply)

    its superb!

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  37. Luffup* (16 months ago | reply)

    This is so beautiful! : )

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  40. danimals! (11 months ago | reply)

    great shot! i saw this on tumblr! 408 notes!

  41. sixbysixtasy (11 months ago | reply)

    Yes, quite, and barely anyone acknowledging the source, so thanks for doing so. I have a bit of a problem with tumblr for exactly that reason.

  42. Willem:: (11 months ago | reply)

    Such a great shot. An image seen on tumblr means nothing to anyone, it would seem. In one eye, out the other and on to the next one as quickly as possible.

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  44. stavrosstam (8 months ago | reply)

    Nice one!

  45. SquireFire (8 months ago | reply)

    this is one of my favourite photos ever

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  47. Holly Carlisle (5 months ago | reply)

    beautiful.

  48. ...LD*photography... (5 months ago | reply)

    so beautiful!

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