Not wanting to miss Richmond Park with the recent snow cover, I arrived in time for the sunrise and made my way to the ponds near the centre to see if I can catch something bigger than this robin, ideally with antlers. There was plenty of ice and snow, but no deer, and by the time I got to the ponds the sun rose and soon enough the blue sky appeared.
I made do with this little red robin for a time, until two big unleashed dogs intervened. Later I found some deer, but I think the best pictures of that morning were of this little guy.
Taken using a Nikon D700 with a 300mm f/4.0 lens
with a 1.4 converter at 420mm, f/6.7, 1/350 and ISO 800.
Red deer at Richmond
Red deer and bracken
A stag in silhouette
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Wow, stunning image!
I keep coming back to look at this photo. Just far too cute – and the background is perfect to compliment his little red breast.