I headed into the mountains today to practice with my new camera and I would have to say I am less than satisfied with todays photos. Some aspects of the camera such as auto focus I need to learn when and when not to use. I came upon this deer today and it gave me ample opportunities for photos.
I was a little curious about this deer because he/she wasn’t getting real excited about me being there. I couldn’t tell if this was a doe or a buck because it appears to be a yearling born sometime last year. When I first saw the yearling I wondered about what I thought was it’s winter coat. But I believe it is instead shedding the spotted coat.
The next two photos I’m really disappointed with because of the auto focus thing but they do look kinda cool. The camera focused on the branch in front of the deer.
After following this deer up onto another nearby road, one question was answered but a few more unanswerable questions created. I knew why the yearling wasn’t in a hurry, there was a friend nearby.
The yearling’s friend/father is right now growing in four points so he will be at least a six point by the time his antlers finish growing. The questions created by this scene is, knowing the little deer is a yearling, where is its mother? Is the six point the yearling’s father? If so, I think it is very cool this young buck would look after the yearling. I’m pretty sure that is normally the job of the doe. For some reason I felt proud of that buck… you go boy, doin’ the right thing.
To me, although this is a peaceful scene with the deer grazing and such, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of loss and a little sad. I wished them the best and left them at their grazing.
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