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Good Morning

Seth Topham — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:12:04 +0000

Sometimes its not the size of the buck but the quality of the surroundings. This is one such buck, the pink in the sunrise was something I have never seen before so imagine my excitement when this photo opportunity presented itself.

Mellow Yellow

Seth Topham — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:23:14 +0000

I know its been a while since the last post here at ELUSIVE but the hunting season has been an extremely busy one. Today I actually had to quit hunting and get beck to work so it figures while working I would see a nice buck. I have long wanted to get a good photo of a deer laying in blooming rabbit brush as the yellows make such a great contrast. So today while working I was checking shade with the old binoculars every chance I got. I had little hope of finding anything as there were hunters everywhere. So, imagine my surprise when I found this guy laying in rabbit brush from the road. Everyone was driving right past him, thank goodness for wheelers they keep allot of people on the road and moving too fast. I looked around and no one was coming so I snuck up took a few photos and snuck back down. Driving away I took one last look and the buck? he was still laying there chewing his cud. Fun experience and I love the yellow of the rabbit brush.

Battle Tested

Seth Topham — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:34:11 +0000

Had an awesome experience photographing this guy. I was up at 4:30 AM and headed out to try for a few photos before work. I glassed from a few locations but wasn’t seeing much, so I sat on a good vantage point and let the sun continue its slow rise. As I scanned the area i saw this guy feeding at about one thousand yards out. He was feeding toward me and moving along a trail I have watched sheep move down many times before so when the ram went down into a canyon i scurried to get set up behind a small buck brush. From the seclusion of the bush I could watch a good distance down the trail. I sat for about 10 minuets when this guy popped over the hill headed down the trail right toward me. I began snapping as he slowly moved ever closer. The wind was in my favor and allowed me to go undetected until the ram was too close to photograph with my bigger lens. Once the ram moved to a point where he was down wind, he instantly became alert and started making snort and bleating noises. Within seconds his nose alerted him to the danger and he wheeled around and within a few bounds was headed down the cliffs. From this experience I am again reminded of the importance of knowing the behavior of your subject and the importance of patience but still the greatest component of getting good photos is good old fashioned luck.