Chance Encounter

Chance Encounter

Sometimes my best shots are not the ones I was looking for. Early in the morning, I took my coffee, camera, and longest glass to a favourite bird spotting site of mine near Campbell River, on Vancouver Island, Canada, where I live. I enjoyed the coffee, but found little that would make a worthy photo, until out of the corner of my eye, I saw movement in the wetland. As my vision cleared, there he was, a gorgeous buck, a black-tailed deer, a sub-species of the well known mule deer in North America. At almost the same time as I saw him, he also saw me. We stared at each other long enough for me the capture a few good images, including this one, before he and his lady moved into the bush to escape my intruding eyes. I felt blessed.

Captured on my D300, 600 mm lens, 1/320, f11, ISO 400.

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