Comments for Tom Hadley Wildlife Photography

Comment on Frisky Fallow Deer in the New Forest by hadleywildlife

hadleywildlife — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:58:34 +0000

Hi John, there are 2 factors contributing to the effect you describe. Firstly, this was shot very early in the morning, if I remember rightly this was around dawn and it was cloudy so the light wasn’t good at all which is why the overall colour in the scene is very washed out. Also I was shooting this video through a 500mm lens so the depth of field is compressed. The ground between me and the deer was covered in low gorse bushes and the ones nearest to me are visible but very out of focus along the bottom edge of the frame.

Comment on Frisky Fallow Deer in the New Forest by Liz

Liz — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:55:28 +0000

Charming! I know it is serious to the deer but it looks like play to me.

Comment on Frisky Fallow Deer in the New Forest by John Corey

John Corey — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:27:36 +0000

Thanks for sharing.

Why does the image seem a bit gray or like there is some or wash? It looks a bit gray. When I tried to crop the bottom of the image (just hiding it with something blocking that part of the screen) I did not notice it as much.

Where you shooting very low so the tops of the underbrush is creating the washed out colors?

Comment on Frisky Fallow Deer in the New Forest by Miss Danni

Miss Danni — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:26:30 +0000

Brilliant! I love the sounds they make, its not at all a sound that you would envision. Thank you for this, you made my morning.

Comment on Cuba Photo Trip Review – Part Three: South Coast & Cayos by @Nakeva

@Nakeva — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:56:30 +0000

The crab photo is amazing and its great you had a wide angle lens to get that. I would not have thought about the f/8 for sharpness. Love the Cuba images. Its on my list to visit since part of my heritage stems from this place.

Comment on Cuba Photo Trip Review – Part Three: South Coast & Cayos by Christian

Christian — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:47:55 +0000

Looks like a great place to go for photographers!

Comment on Cuba Photo Trip Review – Part Three: South Coast & Cayos by Tracey

Tracey — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:48:51 +0000

I like the iguana shots! I’d love the chance to shoot in Cuba someday.

Comment on Cuba Photo Trip Review – Part Three: South Coast & Cayos by Tom Laing (@tomlaing)

Tom Laing (@tomlaing) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:18:20 +0000

Beautiful, tranquil, love the back ground pictures as well.

Comment on Cuba Photo Trip Review – Part Three: South Coast & Cayos by hadleywildlife

hadleywildlife — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:52:26 +0000

Hi Liz thanks for the comment, there was a trick to that shot which I’ll try and explain. These crabs are often preyed upon by seabirds so they are very sensitive to movement around them especially shadows passing over them, the moment they detect that they disappear into their shells like lightning!

So I had to stay very still and wait for them to come close to me. The image was shot with a wideangle lens at 30mm that was only a few inches from the crab. The depth of field is quite small at that tiny distance between lens and subject so I used an aperture of f/8 to make sure that both legs and head were sharp.

Comment on Cuba Photo Trip Review – Part Three: South Coast & Cayos by Liz

Liz — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:38:28 +0000

Love the crab photo…not sure how you got that one!