GH2 Deer in september

I think you got some very good footage. Deer are beautiful, graceful animals. I don't "hunt" except with a camera. You got a couple of magnificent bucks.

I have that same lens, use it on both GH2's and an Oly Pen E-P3. My "go to" lens when I need a bit of "reach".
 
Thanks very much Bruce,the 45-200 plus ETC is the longest lens i have,the 100-600 would be fine reach wise but would have too limiting wide angle for me pesonaly.Chris
 
To say nothing of how much of a "bear" the longer part of that 100-600 would be for most tripods to "stabilize". The 45-200 is the longest "reach" I have also. On the long end of it, I think the 2x crop factor of m4/3rds in the GH2 and the ETC mode gives about all the "reach" I can keep steady.

You got some good stuff. Last time I tried that I was using an HF100. We've got a street in the city that is nice residential on one side and undeveloped mesquite and stuff on the other. One guy takes corn out to the deer when they come out of the mesquite and brush. They even let him get within about 20 feet as he spreads scoops of corn from a bucket. They watch him like a hawk and when he heads back to his house they "chow" down.

Much of the time they stand there and watch people walk by (some with small children or babies in strollers) but one day 3 mountain lions took down a young deer right in front of everyone and dragged it off into the brush.
 
Bruce Foreman said:
To say nothing of how much of a "bear" the longer part of that 100-600 would be for most tripods to "stabilize". The 45-200 is the longest "reach" I have also. On the long end of it, I think the 2x crop factor of m4/3rds in the GH2 and the ETC mode gives about all the "reach" I can keep steady.

You got some good stuff. Last time I tried that I was using an HF100. We've got a street in the city that is nice residential on one side and undeveloped mesquite and stuff on the other. One guy takes corn out to the deer when they come out of the mesquite and brush. They even let him get within about 20 feet as he spreads scoops of corn from a bucket. They watch him like a hawk and when he heads back to his house they "chow" down.

Much of the time they stand there and watch people walk by (some with small children or babies in strollers) but one day 3 mountain lions took down a young deer right in front of everyone and dragged it off into the brush.
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For the real close ups i used a camouflaged tent.

Its unususal to get closer than 200ft to them where i was Bruce,the best was a few years back with my HV 30 and a 2x extender hence the not too steady footage, http://vimeo.com/8778719 qualtity not in the GH2 class and this from back farther http://vimeo.com/13148616 i realy like the Deer.
The incident with the mountain lions must have been upsetting but carnivoirs will take any opportunity for an easy meal,nature can be cruel.
 
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Thank you for sharing your deer with us Chris. You've captured some fine looking specimens here.

Looking forward to deer in December with snow.
 
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