We are having our mid-August cool down. While it is not quite cool enough for a fire in the woodstove, it is sweatshirt and long pants cool. And we had several wonderful, soaking, rain showers over the last 2 days and nights.
Turkeys…with chicks in 3 different sizes :)!
Baby day…the fawn and doe are regular visitors – they appeared shortly after the turkeys left.
Still wary of me which is as it should be.
The light in the house has subtly changed as the angle of the sun moves towards Fall.
I love the light in this house but the Fall light is my favorite.
All says warm and peace to me.
Outside the shadows are just a bit longer, just a little earlier.
This mid-August cool down – prelude to Fall.
At dusk.
Through the sunroom window.
In my side yard.
Eyes on me.
Doe and fawn.
Photos taken 6/26/2010 at 9:12-9:20 p.m. – Dusk, sunset was 9:22
Five minutes ago (about 9:20 a.m.), in a moment of sunshine through the woods… This photo does not capture how small the fawn was and for that matter, how young and small the doe was! You can see her listening ears, tuned towards the house. The windows were open, I moved for the camera and to check on Karl and those small sounds from inside the house caused them both to stop and check. Karl was napping in the shade, behind the house, just outside the sunroom door as I was at my computer – and he stayed there…oblivious :)!
**Edit… if you saw this post before it said …edited, yes the first photo is slightly different. I had more time late this afternoon to look at everything I took and thought this photo was sharper. So I changed the photo and also cropped the fawn for the following:
Sweet, young thing. This fawn is probably 1/3 the size of Karl to give you perspective. This crop is not the best example of the technique as described below as it is not super sharp…but you can get the idea.
For my fellow photography buffs…I read an article this past week that gave me an idea for something different. The gist of the article by a professional photographer was that he shot almost exclusively with a 35 mm lens, albeit a VERY GOOD 35 mm lens. And then, he cropped what he wanted as subject – this vs a longer zoom. Benefits – a 35mm is a smallish lens compared to a long zoom lens…less obtrusive, easier to carry around. It got me thinking as I’m currently dithering ad naseum about a lens…sold my 70-300 AND my 17-85 and have been using a rental 18-200. While I had the 70-300 and 17-85 combo, I typically used the 17-85 except for macro stuff and for capturing Bob or Karl at a distance. I was thinking about buying the 18-200 but it has some issues at both ends of the range so am now looking at a 15-85…smaller range so typically better through the entire range …with the idea that I can crop a subject if I want the “up close-fill the frame” thing. The trick to this is that the subject must be sharp at full resolution. That said, that is what I do with the moon photos I post – I crop just the moon so it looks “fill the screen” large. So, stay tuned – we’ll see how this works :)!
Today is the last day of deer season in Montana.
This big, healthy buck has been around a bit with his harem of two. He is gorgeous as well as vigilant – he stayed mostly in the trees while the does ventured very near the house.
Moss and lichen off fallen branches as well as directly off the trees attracted the does into the yard and within ten feet of the house.
Hope we see them again.
