A walk in the woods

[spydielives]

It was an interesting morning. Let's just get to the photos, shall we?

It rained last night, so the creek that runs behind my house had some water in it. I headed out for the challenge.


EXIF: 1/25s f/4.0 ISO160 23mm




EXIF: 1/30s f/5.6 ISO320 27mm



EXIF: 1/60s f/5.6 ISO400 55mm

At this point I was standing next to the water, reviewing my photos when I heard a twig snap behind me. I looked up, and three young deer were slowly grazing their way through the woods about 25 feet away. Cursing my lack of telephoto, I stood still and took a few shots anyway. Two of the smaller ones were so curious that they stopped eating and deliberately walked my way. One came all the way down onto the creek bed with me, perhaps 10 feet away before dashing back up the hill. I was caught off guard, since he'd circled around some trees, and I have only an iPhone shot of that. This is the best of the sixty or so pictures I took while they studied me.


EXIF: 1/60s f/5.6 ISO800 55mm

All images were white and color balanced (using GIMP 2.6 compiled for MacOSX) and scaled for display purposes, but have not been cropped.

Comments

[darkemeralds]

Nothing beats a natural setting with trees reflected in still water!

Your deer capture is wonderful and full of tension.

[spydielives]

Thank you so much. I love having such a beautiful park in my backyard!

[sasha_feather]

Love the deer photo!

[spydielives]

Me too! Thanks!

[jesse_the_k]

I can hear a twig snapping in the deer shot.

The "bridge" log in the second shot is impressive -- had that been down for a couple years already?

[spydielives]

Yes. There are actually two different enormous trees that cross the creek in this area: one has a diameter of roughly 20 inches, the other is closer to 24 inches. Kids love to walk across them, although that is strongly discouraged, and not just because of the rocks in the creek below! The city wants to keep the area as wild as possible (thus the deer). Walking in the woods is incredibly relaxing, but not when there are kids playing in there too.

[turlough]

Beautiful! I envy you living so close to running water.

[spydielives]

*grin*

Don't envy the mosquitoes though, later in the summer!

[dancing_serpent]

Oh, very very beautiful! The third one is my favourite - I have a thing for pictures/scenery where the line between object and reflection gets so diffuse that you can't really say where one ends and the other begins.