By about 10am, the light had become quite harsh, the deer had started to settle down, more people were arriving and my Olympus batteries were just about dead. So it was time to do something else. Rather than head home, I chose to dig out the infred converted 40D. I only had my 28mm and 50mm primes with me, so IR shots of the deer were sadly not an option (maybe next year). But there were plenty of trees and people to offer good subjects.
These images were taken at the start of the month, before the increase in Covid restrictions for London. I was in the park for dawn, along with a couple of dozen other photographers. Maybe it was becasue it was a Sunday, but there did seem to be many more 'togs than on my last visit a couple of years ago. The morning started quite cloudy, but eventually the sun broke through and, for a while, there was some lovely light. I saw one proper fight between a dominat male and a callenger (my first one after many such mornings), but it was too far away for decent shots. I had to make do with some practice fencing between younger males, a huge amount of bellowing and, another first for me, one stag getting the reward for his hard work.
A quick post (whilst I continue to sort through a large number of red deer photos taken at the start of the month). The images below were all taken with my iPhone, using the Hipstamatic app, whilst walking around St Neots on a rather grey day. They were all taken using one of my favourite 'lens' and 'film' combos. For anyone interested, the 'lens' is Salvador 84, which gives the distorted double exposure look, and the 'film' is Kodot XGrizzled, which gives the slightly distressed look.
