Great action pic dolphingirl! It's amazing to see just how easily deer can jump a fence. From looking at the picture, I would be willing to guess you were driving when you shot it. That makes it even better, because you were probably slamming on the brakes and shooting the photo at the same time!!!
- Rusty - the shot of the whitetails and the fallow doe (the red one) were taken with a tripod. I was in full "bowhunter" gear - head to toe camo, sitting on a stool about 30 yards from them. Those were shot with my 70-200 f2.8 and a 2x teleconverter (400mm). The axis buck was shot with the same lens minus the doubler (200mm) handheld. These are all the "full-frame" pics and not cropped.
Focal length was sufficient with what I have, but the deer knew I was there and didn't stick around too long once the shutter started to fire. I would really like more lens, just to be able to keep a little more distance between me and the deer and not spook them. They didn't seem to mind me, but that will change in the fall once they start getting shot at.
The windmill pics would definitely be better if it was turned 90 degrees. Unfortunately, it was locked down and a brush line/canyon prevented me from getting the better angle. Both of those photos were shot with a 17-55 f2.8. Exposures were in the 20-30 second range at ISO 100. I'll post one of the "painted" pictures tonight.