Standing up for Nature
Oscar writes: I only live 15 minute’s drive from Richmond Park, so find myself there fairly regularly each Autumn for the Red Deer rut. It’s not uncommon to come across over 100 photographers on a weekend, but on the morning this was taken it was considerably quieter. I found this stag strutting his stuff in an…
Oscar writes: This was taken before the sun came up in Richmond Park. I wanted to include both the stag and some females, and getting the male roaring was something I also wanted to show the story of this time of year for the deer. Nikon D800, Nikon 200-400mm f4 VR
Oscar writes: Red Deer in golden mist: Just before I headed off to Durham to start university last week, I paid a couple of visits to Richmond Park. On one of the mornings there was a thick layer of mist covering the ground and by shooting into the rising sun it gave it a lovely…
Oscar writes: While walking into Minsmere one morning from Eastbridge I spotted this Red Deer standing by the reeds in the mist. The light levels were so low that it took me about 100 images before one was sharp! Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f4 AFS-II
Just before Christmas I was sat in the Head Office of the Deer Initiative when I was made aware of a deer vehicle collision involving James “Arg” Argent, star of The Only Way is Essex, just outside of Dundee. In doing so Arg and his companions joined a group of between 42000 and 74000 vehicles…