Shenandoah National Park—Course Preview

Nestled deep in the Blue Ridge of Virginia. You'll find one of our nation's best kept secrets for photographing white tail deer. Shenandoah National Park, we're here in the middle of the rut, it's fall, we've got beautiful color, big bucks fighting, it's that time of year, love's in the air. We've got great photographic opportunities. When you're coming into a new area and you're tying to find where you think deer may be hanging out, there's a couple of things you want to look for. One you want to look for shelter, water and food sources. They're displaying a lot of behavior and you can miss that behavior. They're chasing does and fighting, they're rubbing trees. Even when they're following the does, they're not standing still very long. So you need to get that shutter speed up. And in order to do that, you're going to most likely have to shoot wide open. I'm having to shoot at f4 and I've got a shutter speed of around 250. Trying to keep up with these guys is really tough but you know what, it's all about the adventure isn't it?