Sneaking up on a Doe

[Tye]

This is a shot from a day hike out in Jasper National Park when I happened across a lone deer strolling through the woods. I had to do my very best to sneak up on the girl to get a decent shot, this is pretty much the moment I stepped on one twig to many and got busted. For you wildlife photographers out there, do you normally go searching or do you hide and wait?

This is a shot taken a photos before the one posted above. I was almost spotted here but luckily the tree I was creeping up behind hid me well enough and approaching upwind I'm sure helped out a ton.

 

[nzmacro]

That's got to be hard work and all in tough lighting conditions. Came out very well and you got some nice looks there as well.

All the best Tye.

Danny.

 

[Tye]

Thanks Danny. Ya it was a tad tricky but luckily I had been shooting in the same sort of conditions all day so I had a general sense of what the settings needed to be. According to the girlfriend I did look like a complete idiot trying to sneak up though, but luckily it was in the woods with no one else around so it was alright with it

 

[Msteelio91]

Very nice, may I ask what your setup is?

 

[Tye]

Canon 7d with a EF 70-300mm 4-5.6 IS USM lens.
First photo was shot at: (ISO 640) (250mm) (f/5.6) (1/1250)
Second was at: (ISO 640) (170mm) (f/5.0) (1/1600)