06.29.2010 Mark Wood No Comments

Backyard Deer and Fawn

This is one of those situations where you just happen to be in the right place, at the right time.  Seriously!

About a week or so ago I was just getting ready to go to work when I looked out our back picture window to see what looked like a deer grazing in our pasture.  Living out in the country, this is really no unusual event.  However, after looking closer, I realized that this wasn’t a deer grazing at all, but a mother deer nursing her fawn.  The fawn looked no more than a week old and after quickly getting my wife, we simply stood there and watched nature for a while.

NIKON D50 @ 300mm — ¹/60 sec, ƒ/11, ISO 200 | zoom in
NIKON D50 @ 300mm — ¹/60 sec, ƒ/11, ISO 200 | zoom in
NIKON D50 @ 300mm — ¹/60 sec, ƒ/11, ISO 200 | zoom in
NIKON D50 @ 300mm — ¹/60 sec, ƒ/11, ISO 200 | zoom in

After a bit, mother and fawn moved off a few more yards and she proceeded to try to clean the fawn.

NIKON D200 @ 300mm — ¹/180 sec, ƒ/5.6, ISO 160 | zoom in
NIKON D200 @ 300mm — ¹/250 sec, ƒ/5.6, ISO 160 | zoom in
NIKON D200 @ 300mm — ¹/250 sec, ƒ/5.6, ISO 160 | zoom in
NIKON D200 @ 300mm — ¹/250 sec, ƒ/5.6, ISO 160 | zoom in
NIKON D200 @ 300mm — ¹/250 sec, ƒ/5.6, ISO 160 | zoom in
NIKON D200 @ 300mm — ¹/250 sec, ƒ/5.6, ISO 160 | zoom in

After a while, both mother and fawn passed over the hill in the background to graze some more.

Yet one more reason I love living in the country!

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