These are terrible photos in that they're out of focus, not sharp. I was shooting through a dirty window at an animal that was at a distance. BUT THE EXPERIENCE WAS SO COOL!
I am walking past the living room window when I see the white buck. I pick up the camera that's sitting nearby, pre-set to f/5, ISO 800, underexposed by 2/3 stop. I take a few shots . . . am getting ready to change my settings when all of a sudden this guy has a major testosterone surge and begins zooming around, jumping into the air, suddenly stopping, posing, then kicking up his heels.
(There's a doe in the middle of some bushes just out of frame to the left, which I believe is what instigated this adolescent behavior.)
As quickly as his cavorting begins, it's over.
And while he goes off to have a cigarette, I take a look at my shots and my heart sinks at their softness.
A white deer to me is exciting. And then to have a white deer do all THIS is bananas. So of course I had to share it with you even though it is far from my best work. I apologize.
But the deer was cavorting! Hoo ha! ©2020 Carol Leigh
