> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://finlandonfilm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Catching a deer twice - URL: https://finlandonfilm.com/catching-a-deer-twice/ - Published: 2026-11-01T18:08:41.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-01T23:17:59.000Z - Author: Frank Diepmaat - Tags: Photography Early fall this year, 2026 for you reading this later, I got my new fish-eye lens for the Konica's. In this case it went on the Autorex P. A beautiful 15mm f/2.8 Hexanon lens with builtin filters. Now, you might be wondering, if that's a fish-eye lens, how close was that deer?! And that would be an excellent question to ask... So early fall I get the fish-eye and got ready on the first sunny day during the weekend to go shoot. Right before leaving the apartment, I wondered "should I throw a tele-lens in my bag?" Nah, why would that be needed? I'm going out to test my new lens. So.. as I'm doing my photo walk through the park behind our apartment, nearing the rear up the hill, I spot a nice clearing to my right. Figuring I'd get a nice wide shot of the rocks, lichen and low sun, while hiding my own shadow in the tree shadows. A real concern with such a wide lens. As I step into the clearing, I hear some stumbling to my left. It's a deer! Ow how I was beating myself over the head for not bringing a tele-lens... I tried getting a shot, but the deer looking like a pinprick in such a wide shot, so no dice this time. Fast forward a week, and now I'm out doing tele-lens stuff with the Pentax S3\. And again I'm sort of around the same area, so I figured, why not walk to the same clearing. If you don't shoot you'll always miss. Same time of day, same weather, who knows? As I walk into the clearing, there's nothing there. So I do the same thing they teach you in the military when entering a new area. You stay still for about five to ten minutes and lust observe, listen and scan the environment in layers. I start scanning from my left, where the deer was last time, towards the right, slowly looking deep and shallow. Turning all the way to my right... And there it is, standing literally ten meters away half behind a bush, staring right at me. like "wtf is this human doing here?". Luckily I had my camera f-stop set already, pre focused roughly around the right distance and the shutter cocked. Something to keep in mind with all manual cameras and trying to shoot wildlife with a mind of its own. So anyway, I start blasting... ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/deer-finland-1-1.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a3/ba/a3baafc6-a5bb-4266-8ab1-a590704fe1cb/content/images/2026/11/deer-finland-2.jpg) Didn't turn out half bad, really loving the fall colors here and the Kodak Gold 200 really is pulling its weight here. The Super Multicoated Takumar 200 f/4 lens also did a great job. Obviously I've slightly edited the photos to bring a bit of saturation back that was in there in real life. Lab scans came back a tiny bit bland and not how I remember the golden hour light hitting the fall forest. There's just something about these Takumar lenses that makes the world look beautiful. The other shots were mostly of the deer walking away and aren't too interesting, I might share them on BlueSky if people are interested. Let me know! Lesson? Just take the tele-lens with you, you never know...