080806-17 THE NEW GUY

Artist: MICKSPIXPHOTOS
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080806-17 THE NEW GUY

I HAD BEEN SITTING IN ONE OF MY USUAL HAUNTS IN THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND AKRON, OHIO FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS ON A SUNDAY MORNING IN APRIL. NOTHING…BUT NOTHING INTERESTING HAD COME ALONG AND I FINALLY DECIDED TO PACK IT IN AND MOVE TO ANOTHER PART OF THE PARK. I PACKED UP MY GEAR AND STOOD UP, TURNED AROUND, AND STEPPED OVER THE LOG I’D BEEN SITTING ON, TOOK TWO STEPS, AND ON THE THIRD, ALMOST STEPPED RIGHT ON THIS LITTLE GUY.

CAMERA: CANON AE-1 PROGRAM
LENS: CANON 50 MM
FILM: FUJICHROME VELVIA 100 ASA

829 VIEWS AS OF 11/5/09

080806-17 THE NEW GUY belongs to the following groups:

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failingjune

Amazing capture. Love the nest and the red of the doe against the green foliage! Amazing.
Rita H. Ireland

Oh it’s so cute!
dinghysailor1

wonderful capture ! delightful detail!
Garret

Beautiful!!!
Lois Bryan

spectacular!!!!!
SandraRos

You got my vote in the challenge for this wonderful and fantastic capture. Kind regards out of Africa
Renee Dawson

And to think you could have been admiring him/her for those 3 hours :o) What a wonderful and precious photo!
Rosina Lamberti

Beautiful capture
Dayonda

What a gorgeous little guy, Mike! Mama sneaked him in there behind your back—or maybe had to wait to get him out till you finally got bored and went away. Just never know what you’ll find underfoot/1 lol Fantastic photo- all good things come to those who get up to leave, I guess. LOL
Lynn Bauer

Oh my gosh, Mick!!! I have DREAMED of taking this photo!!! When I lived in Colorado (a couple of years ago) I would go to Cherry Creek State Park every day after work and cruise through the woods, hoping to find a baby fawn!!! I’m sooooo jealous…but, soooooo blessed to see this picture!!!
DIANEPEAREN

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PERFECT PHOTOS THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO LAUGH AND CRY AT THE SAME TIME..I AGREE WITH DAYONDA….I THINK THE MOTHER TRUSTED YOU ENOUGH TO LEAVE HER BABY IN YOUR CARE.
DIANEPEAREN

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PERFECT PHOTOS THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO LAUGH AND CRY AT THE SAME TIME..I AGREE WITH DAYONDA….I THINK THE MOTHER TRUSTED YOU ENOUGH TO LEAVE HER BABY IN YOUR CARE.
Spike Osterczy

Too precious, and what a great shot. It’s always nice to be in the right place at the right time WITH a camera, eh Mike?
Nanagahma

Oh how sweet. Right by you and you didn’t even know it! And to think my son hunts these beautiful creatures! I would never have the heart to do that.
Shaina Lunde

oh how cute!
Malte Lenhart

very cute :-)

the composition is great with the unsharp leaves in the foreground almost like a framing :-)
Nala

Thats so lovely and so nice to have something that close . . i do know how that feels . . it was the same with the Stag i have just walking and heard a funny noise . . turned and there he was watching me . . so i know how special this is
Lori Walton

Stunning!!
Lori Walton

CONGRATULATIONS on your feature in “Deer Me!!!”
Christopher E...

awesome capture, this is what im ready to photograph, excellent composition and lighting on this
Charlene Aycoc...

did you win at the Idaho fair with this one. This same photo won a couple years back or so, and then the forest service was using it.
Marleia Main

Too cute!! Congrats on your top ten finish!! : ))
Paul Navarrette

hehe, it’s BAMBI!!!! cute shot.
Stan Wojtaszek

Congrats on the Spot On challenge win.
Really cute image.
Lori Walton

CONGRATULATIONS on your WIN in the the “Deer Me!!!” group challenge!!
Lois Bryan

WHEEEEE!!!!! MICK MICK!!!! Congratulations!!!! WHEEE!!!! You WON!!!! Soooo happy for you … grab your red socks … time to Happy Dance!!!!!!!
Molly Kinsey

Congratulations on the feature! Well deserved! I can never catch them like this!
Dave7074

CONGRAT’S on your Feature and win in “Deer Me!!!”
Dave
Mary Campbell

Congradulations on your challenge win, so cute.
Jim Harmon

Congrats on a well deserved win.
Larry Trupp

My CONGRATS, and also your win in the challenge my friend
Melissa W

This couldn’t be any cuter!!! Congratulations!
Lyn Evans

Many congratulations on winning the challenge with this fabulous shot. Very well deserved.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Lyn. Very much appreciated.
dinghysailor1

WOOHOO mike this is s winning shot alright!! and congratulations on the challenge
:))
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, my Dear. This caught me by surprise while I was working on my second cup of coffee, which I now may not need. This sure got these old red corpuscles chasing each other around !!!
Shannon Donovan

Congratulations!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Shannon. Much appreciated.
shaneran

congratulations on the challenge win !!! so well deserved !! excellent capture !!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much. I appreciate it.
Blair Wainman

Fantastic capture!!! Congratulations on winning the challenge!!! Well done and well-deserved!!!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, very much, Blair. Greatly appreciated.
Teresa Zieba

Congrats Mike and I’m so glad as this is one of my favorite photos of yours. Marvelous work.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Teresa. See how much we have in common ? It’s one of my favorites as well.
linifer

c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s !
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

THANKS, Sweetie.
linifer

This piccy is awesome Mike! You sooooo deserved to win. Think its the best capture I’ve seen from anyone in ages. Now you gotta go find another bambi ha ha!!!! Hugs friend oxo
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

I’m workin’ on it !!!
Malcolm Chant

What a beautiful wonderful picture, I’m going to favorite this.

Excellent,

Malcolm
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks so much, Malcolm, for the comment and the favoriteing. Both are very much appreciated.
Lois Bryan

OOO!!!! Mick!!!! Congratulations on winning the 100% Challenge!!!!!! OOOO!!! What an adorable, adorable image … I can’t believe I missed it, and your great story, before this … but now I’m doubly glad you WON!!!!! HOW CUTE!!!!! Just tooooo precious!!!!! Bless his little heart!!!!! Did he jump up and run off right away?? Was mommy standing near??? AWWW!! LOVE it!!! Congratulations again!!!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much, Lois. No, he didn’t move a muscle. I shot 2 1/2 36 exposure rolls of him and he stayed completely still, barely even blinking. He was so new that I’m not sure he could move very much yet. It was a very dry morning and if you look closely you can see that his fur is still a little damp, so I think he had JUST been born. And Momma never showed up at all. Luck was with me BIG TIME that morning.
I appreciate your comment, Hon, as always.
Stephen Vecchi...

Great deer shot Mike. Congrats on wining the 100% challenge.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, stephen. Very much appreciated.
Pat Yager

Congratulations on winning the 100% Challenge, Mick! This is a fabulous photo! My son had nearly the same experience a couple of years ago. He was jogging through a meadow when all of a sudden he spotted two deer standing rigidly still watching him. He stopped, with one booted foot held in the air. For a couple of seconds he stood there motionless looking back at them. Just as he was ready to move, his peripheral vision caught sight of something just below where he was to put his foot down- a newborn fawn. In that fraction of a second he was able to thrust his moving foot out a bit further to miss it. A close call! – Pat
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Pat. They do hide awfully well like that, don’t they ? I appreciate the comment.
Jan Timmons

Remarkable capture, with such beautiful colours and clarity. Good ironic story.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Jan. Finding him like that was a real surprise. And I hadn’t realized just how small a newborn fawn is…it would have just about fit in my hands.
I’m glad you like the image and I appreciate the comment.
Marjorie Wallace

Big congratulations, Mick on winning this challenge. What an amazing story about nearly stumbling over this litte fawn. Mom was probably somewhere near just waiting for you to pack up and leave. At my last house, we always had a lot of deer that would come and visit my property. One summer, a fawn arrived all by itself and stayed for several days. Seems to me I recall it being abut two weeks. I even allowed the little guy to lunch on my roses. Ha! That was OK just to have him safe in my big back yard.Then one day along came an adult deer and it was like a silent message, the deer seemed to say, “come along now, it is time to go” and off they bounded across the road and down the ravine. An experience I will never forget.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

That kind of thing does stay with you, Doesn’t it ? Thanks for the comment and the story, Marjorie. Much appreciated.
Erhan OZBIYIK

Congratulations my friend :)
You have great shots as always :)
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks so much, Erhan. Always appreciated, Sir.
Charlie08

Oh my goodness! What a fantastic find! Congrats on your feature
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Charlotte. Much appreciated.
emanon

how fantastic, this little one just behind you with both of you minding your own business. Wonderful shot, wished I’d seen this, I would have sat there all day.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks so much. I wanted to, but I thought Mom would be home soon and I didn’t want to interfere any further in family business.
Carole Russell

Well done on winning the challenge Mick – beautiful photograph
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Carole. I appreciate it.
Bluenorther

Great capture. Does leave their little ones so they can feed or take care of other deer business. The little ones will stay like that until that until the doe returns. It keeps them safe from predators as they usually have no scent at this age. It is probably only a day or two old at most. The doe was probably watching you from cover by this point. A lucky find for you and a treasured photo for sure. Congratulations on your win. Well deserved. Leslie
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Very much, Leslie. I appreciate it.
PatriciaLM

congratulations on a superb photograph,well deserved Mick
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Patricia. Very much appreciated.
handprintz

Congrats on your challenge win Mike, such a beautiful picture !!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much, Trudi. I appreciate it.
Rebecca Bryson

excellent excellent brilliant colorful clear capture congrats on your challenge win sweetie xox
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Rebecca. Very much appreciated.
Rachel Stickney

Brilliant photo and amazing story! Congratulations on your challenge win!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Rachel. Very much appreciated.
Andrea Searle

This is just so gorgeous!! Glad you didnt step on her…
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

ME TOO !! Thanks, Andrea. Much appreciated.
Nada Pantle

yay. i voted for that one. it’s sooo cute. x
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Nada. Very much appreciated.
Dream Vision I...

Instant Favourite, gorgeous!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks so much, Erika. Greatly appreciated
Bellavista2

Totally adorable:~~} Lovely capture:~~]
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Bellavista. Very much appreciated.
Tim Sanders

Excellent…..
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Tim. I appreciate it.
mltrue

This is so adorable! All curled up in the grass there! Glad you didn’t step on the sweet thing!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

I was VERY glad I saw him before I took that step !!! Thanks for the comment. Very much appreciated.
CraigsMom

Awwwww. His eyes are open, did he move at all?
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

He barely even BLINKED the whole time I was shooting, and that was close to 100 frames of film at different angles, focal lengths and exposures. I wanted to make sure I got at least 1 good image. I’m glad you like this one and I appreciate the comment.
Lois Bryan

Oh, MICK!!!! Congratulations!!!!! You came in Second Place in the “New Life” Challenge in Animal Photography!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEE!!!! I’m sooooo excited for you … you know how much I love this one!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Go Baby Go!!!!!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

HOLY MOLY !!! Thanks, Lois. I didn’t know about it ‘til I read this. Thanks very much. I really appreciate it.
Lois Bryan

Oh, YAY!! How I adore to be the one to bring happy tidings!!!! Well, shoot … i should have included the link!!! Congratz all over again!!! Hugzz!!!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

And thanks all over again, Sweetie.
Judy O'Neil

WHOOOPPPEEE!!!!!! you have excelled yet again Mike – WELL DONE – proud of you :)))
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks so much, Judy. You’re a sweetheart and I appreciate it.
Mary Campbell

Adorable, deer me has a faun challenge going on you should enter this.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks again, Mary. Actually, I’ve entered this little guy in so many challenges that I decided to go with another image in that one, just to give him a rest.
Mariann Rea

Aint a wildlife photographer’s life grand? :D This story of yours is exactly what happens to us photographers sometimes. Thats why I always say that wildlife photography is 80% of luck, the rest is up to you. Fab image!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

You’re absolutely right, Mariann !! I was completely happy just being out in the woods that morning…spotting this little guy ang getting some images of him was a lucky bonus…a HUGE lucky bonus !!!
I’m glad you like the image. Thanks for looking and for the comment. I appreciate it.
Ritva Ikonen

Gorgeous shot! He’s so adorable. Shooting wildlife is so difficult. Almost stepped on a snake today but I wasn’t able to shoot him as he was fast escaping among the moss. Happy shooting :o)
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much, Ritva. Wildlife can be difficult, but the rewards make it worthwhile. Watch out for those snakes and happy shooting to you as well.
Glad you like the image and I appreciate the comment.
saseoche

Mick this is stunning capture and awesome piece!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much, Sase. I always appreciate hearing from you.
michael byerley

this is very sweet !!!!! you don’t get any better than this
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Michael. Your support on this site means so much to me. I appreciate it.
Simon Whittaker

Absolutely awesome mate! A stunning capture and well deserving of all accolades.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Mate, for the comment and the favoriteing. This is one of my favorite images, and it having been such a serendipitous thing makes it all that much better.
To answer you from before, I’m doing well and the weather has broken and spring has sprung and any other cliches you can think of. Both yesterday and today were in the 80’s ( about 10 degrees above normal for this time of year ) ( as well as close to 20 points above the average IQ in Findlay !!!!! ) with low humidity and a nice breeze and wall to wall sunshine.
It’s very good to hear from you, Simon. Say Hi to Mel and all the Mini-Whittakers for me.
Mika

Congratulations on being placed in top 10 in MBN! Well done!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much, Mika. I appreciate it.
Martina Fagan

stunning shot:)
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much and sorry I haven’t gotten back to you sooner. I’m glad you like the little guy, and I appreciate the comment.
horsegoggles

Great capture and a great story.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks. Very much appreciated.
F.A. Moore
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Another thank you. Very much appreciated.
Elle Advincula

Precious capture, nice work!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much, Elle. I appreciate it.
Lucindawind

absolutely adorable ! what a sweet capture !
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Lucinda. Very much appreciated.
foxyphotography
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks again. Very much appreciated.
Virginia N. Fred

Beautiful work, how adorable, congratulations on all your achievements
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thank you very much, Virginia. I appreciate it.
Nancy Chambers

8-24-09
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Nancy. Very much appreciated.
Donna Ridgway

This is so wonderful! :)
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Donna. Very much appreciated.
Cindirelli

One of the most precious things I have ever seen! Absolutely fantastic capture ~ I’m jealous! LOL ~:)
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Cindirelli. Very kind words very much appreciated.
gabbielizzie

congradulations on your feature
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much, Lizzie. I appreciate it.
Lisawv

Awwww! Such a cutie and wee little one. Terrific capture and glad you saw him in time.
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Lisa. Me too !!!!
Katya Lavorovna

Absolutely perfect shot of a sweet little baby. I love how you softened and burned the edges. Congrats on the well-deserved feature!
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Katya. Very much appreciated.
mysteryfaith

pretty..
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks, Faith.
Kerri-Lynne At...

This is great! Reminds me so much like a painting I made years ago. What a beautiful shot of such sweet little creature! Well done MICKSPIXPHOTOS
MICKSPIXPHOTOS replied

Thanks very much, Kerri-Lynne. Is your painting on RB ? I’d like to see it.
Tara Sheffer-A... 19 days ago

Mick, wow, outstanding image!!! Mother nature serves up some amazing gifts huh? Instant Fav for me my friend!!!