Young White-tailed Deer, Little Maquoketa River Valley, Durango, Iowa
The sun started to disappear behind the trees on the other side of our valley and there was a nice glow on the snow yesterday evening. Joan’s call, “deer in the front yard” made me leave my desk and run for the camera. A well known White-tailed Deer doe with her two fawns showed up and checked out if any seed droppings were left below our bird feeders. It was too late to open the window without scaring them away and so I shot again through the glass. This fawn looked towards the sunset and had its ears pointed in that direction as well. I have a number of images without that sliver of sky at the top of the picture but I chose this one here. The subtle glow on the fawns fur and on the few dead leaves at the left hand side of the picture become more obvious, or make more sense, by including this small piece of sunset sky. The spot is brighter than the rest of the picture, but not bright enough to prevent the viewers eye coming back to the beautiful face of the young deer. Enjoy the weekend!
Nikon Z6II, Sigma 150-600mm / f5-6.3 DG OS HSM S, FTZ adapter, @ 600 mm, 1/125 s, f/6.3, ISO 1000