Monday, November 10, 2008

The Spitler Knoll Buck


Willard & I encountered this magnificent whitetail early Saturday morning in a small opening near Spitler Knoll.

The buck was standing under a small tree with his doe only a few yards away. With the low light levels and my slow 100-400mm lens; I shot this image at ISO 800 with a 1/25th second shutter speed. Within two minutes of getting the tripod set up the doe left the meadow and the buck followed.

This is the largest Whitetail Buck I have ever photographed. Now if only I can catch him on another occasion in good photographic light.

10 comments:

  1. excelente fotografia de la naturaleza, saludos, vicent.

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  2. Salty: What a wonderful buck to be allowed to pass on those genetic features. You did really well with this shot.

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  3. My hubby would be drooling about now! Magnificent!

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  4. What a magnificient rack. Well captured. I hope you see him again.

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  5. beautiful what a joy to see so close very beautiful

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  6. WOW! Big buck indeed. Is he an 8 or 9 point?

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  7. Tina,
    I would call him a 9 pt. He has a basic 8pt frame with one sticker on his left g-2.
    Thanks,
    Salty

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  8. He's beautiful. Nice shot.

    ~ Wolf Lover Girl

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