A Mother's Love

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 3, 2013191 views6 comments

We were out exploring the backroads when we spotted this mother mule deer with her little fawn. It was slightly overcast at first, and soon started raining. The mother deer had been grazing a few yards away from her baby. The fawn decided he needed to be closer to his mother so he trotted over to her and was greeted kindly by licks and a quick nuzzle. It only lasted a few moments, and they soon started grazing again. It was awesome watching them share this tender moment.

Thanks for lookin'!

Nikon D600
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 ED VR lens @ 400mm
ISO 2500
1/400sec @ f/5

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on September 3, 2013 at 6:33 PM

Very nice Jenaya. I especially like the raindrops in the larger version.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 3, 2013 at 8:12 PM

Glad to see you posting again. I hadn't seen any of your work for a while until just lately. This is a very peaceful scene. The colors are nice and dof works very well to draw the eye to the deer.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on September 3, 2013 at 10:48 PM

Excellent image, Jenaya. The overcast skies gave you nice soft lighting and saturated colors. You caught the activity at just the right moment. Photographers have to have patience to get shots like this. You obviously do. Photographers, at least some, because they aren't always in a hurry, find that there is lots of emotional connections in the animal world. You just have to give it time to show itself. Hey, I'm going off topic. Good job on this.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on September 4, 2013 at 12:04 AM

Nice scene with the doe and fawn. I like the rain drops. Would you consider cloning out the half hay bale (?) Thanks for sharing, and also good to see you posting again.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on September 4, 2013 at 2:05 PM

Interesting scene Jenaya. I like the simplicity and the inclusion of a lot of habitat and of course the effect of the rain. I am however not so sure about the composition. I think that ideally if the subjects and the roll of grass were diagonally placed apart this would feel more balanced.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on September 4, 2013 at 3:32 PM

Thank you for the comments everyone!!

Vincent - I completely agree with you! I have images where one of the subjects is diagonal from the hay bale, but I feel as though the interaction beat out the single subject. The fawn had trotted over to the mom and it lasted only half a second, so there was nothing I could go on position!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments