Had another fun week taking photos of wildlife
By minx267
@minx267 (15527)
Hartford, Connecticut
October 15, 2017 11:32pm CST
This past week or so has been pretty fun. I was able to get numerous. like 300+ pictures of deer, another 300+ pictures of Kevin the Turkey (see previous post)
and a few videos of them and some other wildlife. Like wood ducks, squirrels, I saw my first Bald eagle. got a few pictures of it soaring in the sky above me. that was very exciting!
Now if only I can turn this into a paying gig. that would be awesome!
at one point while watching a herd of deer and photographing them on Friday.. I noticed a new group of four coming out of the woods to my left. They saw me and were very curious... too curious.. one of them took the lead and really started advancing on me fast. I was getting a bit nervous -- having seen deer attacking people videos.. - and then a miracle happened.. my camera battery died. LOL.. I jumped up and went back to my car for another and so I didn't have to find out how that would have ended! when I cam back they were going into the other field with the rest of the deer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IU9d_bSjyc
I was filming a group of 6-7 deer for a while when this herd of 4 comes out of the woods to my left. very close.. the see me and instead of being afraid.. th...
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Oct 17
that deer is photogenic. it had its best side to show off.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
18 Oct 17
@ridingbet they are pretty far away.. so I was using my zoom and sometimes they aren't very clear.. your hand is shaky ( i should use a tripod) and the deer are walking around. plus there is the bright setting sun. that sometimes makes it hard to see.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
@minx267 really? was the deer mobile that you had a difficult time taking a pose of the deer?
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
17 Oct 17
Thanks for sharing your photos. If you want to monetize this hobby of yours, there are a good number of ways to go about it. The key is finding the one that best suits you. Good luck.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
@minx267 good for you. Hope you do good in monetizing this hobby of yours.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
17 Oct 17
thank you... I am trying.. I am sharing my videos. I am posting my good pics on EyeEm.. in hopes of getting sales.. and then I am (when I get a spare moment or two) creating things from the pictures for sale on places like Zazzle and Society6 etc (POD Sites) which I have been doing for years.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
18 Oct 17
@allen0187 not too bad.. i make an extra $1000 a year maybe.. could be better. but I just keep at it. maybe one day it will explode... lol
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Oct 17
I see deer all the time.
Its awesome to take photos of thm, try to seel them to the sports mags.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
17 Oct 17
@peachpurple they are in a cemetery less than a mile from my house.. they come out about an hour or 2 before sunset.. and now I know where and when to find them I can get more pictures and videos
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
16 Oct 17
We have been led to believe in the stereotype Disney "Bambi" but like most wild animals they are also territorial and using a zoom lens would make sure we don't infringed on their domain. love the photo and also curious how far where you from the deer.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
16 Oct 17
I have an awesome zoom lens (83x zoom).. so I was sitting on a hill pretty far from the first herd I was looking at.. I am a bad judge of distance.. but like few hundred yards I guess these deer (in the video) arrived to my left and were only like about 125-175 feet away.. so they were much closer.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
16 Oct 17
Wow you got so many photos taken? Do show us in your next posts, eh?
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
17 Oct 17
I did take many.. it will be a while to go through them and post them.. I am slowly doing that but I am adding them to my EyeEm portfolio.. you can always view them here, if you want to.
