I have a spot I like to go to that I know will give me a pretty good chance of seeing roe deer. It’s somewhere I rarely see anyone else, thankfully, as I tend to be dressed up in ghillie suit camouflage, which is both embarrassing for me, and probably a bit terrifying for the casual observer.
On this occasion (for the first three shots) I was just about to give up and walk back as I hadn’t seen any hint of a deer at all. Then, suddenly, to my left two appeared. As seen in the first shot, one had some kind of idea that I was there, as I happened to be just standing in plain sight. But because I stayed perfectly still and had the camera obscuring my face, it didn’t seem too bothered. Instead of running, both roe deer gradually made their way round and up the hill, getting closer and allowing me to fire off a load of shots.
The black and white photo at the end is from a different occasion where we both startled each other and the deer bolted. Instead of also bolting, I grabbed my camera and fired off a burst. I’m really pleased with this photo and I’m planning on having it printed at some point.
