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Whitetail buck

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted December 28, 2015155 views4 comments

Photos of whitetail deer are fairly common, this photo and others I took over the same time span make up my favorite deer images of 2015. I found a location where I could drive close to fields the deer were feeding in the late afternoon/early evening without disturbing them. I like this particular image with food hanging from it's mouth.

Canon SL1
1/400 @ F-7.1 ISO800
Canon EF 70-300 @ 300mm

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on December 28, 2015 at 4:43 PM

The spotted fawn creates a nice contrast with the larger buck.

Registered on April 1, 2010, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 28, 2015 at 4:46 PM

A nice image, John. I like the velvet covered antlers and the fawn off to the side adds some additional interest to the image. Gorgeous light.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 29, 2015 at 7:13 PM

Yeah, he needs his mom to wipe his chin. You've got some fine light and a great pose here John. It's also neat having the fawn next to him.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 4, 2016 at 10:20 AM

Hi John

What a sweet pose. cool

mom looks so pround to have her beauitful fawn next to her. blush

a fine composition with excellent color

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments