This is a photo taken just before dawn in the woods of Mont Laurier, just before one reaches Val D’or, where one drives in the nearby Canadian national park for hours with only nature and wildlife. It’s a winter morning at about 5:30am and the camera is pointed away from where the sun was to come up.
This is one of the sunrise shots at the north of Montreal in the mountains near Gigi’s home, in a freezing Sunday morning where my fingers feel like the freezing chairs in the picture. :) Thank you for taking me there Gigi! I guess one could say that I love anything that has to do with nature including the living beings, the woods, the trees, the rivers and streams, and the mountains of course, but the sunrise – I can never get enough “watching” of the few minutes each day when the sun comes up. Is it a “passion”, well…. :)
The middle-aged buck came right out in front the camera as if to say “Hey, remember me?!” :) Nobody could forget him (not River or me) because he met with us everyday from last spring to fall! And we both love him! :) Everyday we managed to get to the woods to meet with him, our day seemed “right” and “whole” because of it. He made us happy and encountering, watching and playing with him IS, true to the meaning of the word, our (my dog River’s and mine) passion! For the remembrance of this magnificent buck, I shall donate this piece of work to charity for his, and the well being of all the living in the forest! Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada
My mule deer family was having an intense discussion about something – I suspected that it was about River who mistook herself for a fawn! :) They knew that the fawns “initiated” her “identity confusion” – not sure River, or most of the fawns, wanted to “fix” it though, as they all seemed to enjoy a “dog-fawn” among them. :)
In the flurry, River and I drove out of the city and waited for the sunrise and it came! :) So, this is my last Sunrise of this year! And I hope you all like it. :) This is my way of saying: Happy New Year everyone!
The gorgeous male duck stood proudly as though it was summer while it was almost -40˚c! Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada Thought the colorful duck would like to contribute to the protection of his natural environment. :)
There were many ducks in the little “live” stream that was surrounded by thick ice and deep snow and I caught three close-ups. Both males were looking towards the less colorful female and she was the only one who tried to look through the ice at her own reflection! So I thought perhaps narcissism does not only exist among mankind…. :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada Although deemed narcissistic by my “standard”, I’m pretty sure the “self-centered” less colorful female would not mind the proceeds of the sales of her image be put to use to protect her natural environment – and of course the admiring males could not be happier with the thought, I’m certain of it. :)
There were many ducks in the little “live” stream that was surrounded by thick ice and deep snow and I caught three close-ups. Both males were looking towards the less colorful female and she was the only one who tried to look through the ice at her own reflection! So I thought perhaps narcissism does not only exist among mankind…. :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada.
All the other ducks (there must be more than 100 of them) were watching this one beautiful male duck perform what I’d like to call “daytime ballet”, in the freezing winter (River wore her thick coat and she was trembling standing in the deep snow) and none of them seemed to be the least bit disturbed by the weather. / Ted made a comment the other day on another duck photo (taken the same day) that it didn’t seem to be very cold to him – perhaps he, too, like the ducks, was deceived by the brilliant light and the hint of shiny sky but I kid you not, it was -37˚c! :)
Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada
Ted would be happy to know that today it was VERY mild and the wood pecker took the opportunity of the “summer-like” weather to get busy at work!
You can see more of my ducks here Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada
Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada
The winter trees looked as though they were on fire when the setting sun shone upon them.
The fawn looked as though she could not be more than a month old as her fur was all soft to touch and fluffy. She moved slowly and gently and looked into the lens, as if to say, “Hi, my name is Baby Fluffy”. :) I thought she was the cutest of all as she has long eye lashes and shinny tender eyes. And of course I’m pretty sure my “Baby Fluffy” would not mind if I donate the earning from her pretty face to save her environment. :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada
River and I drove for a couple of hours before dawn and got to a spot up on a little hill in the woods, kind of feeling “freezing to death”, so we thought we’d wake up the sun and this is when…. Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada
The fawn inched closer, almost touching my lens and gave me the loveliest smile as if to say, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the loveliest smile of us all?” :)
In a cold sunny day in the forest, River was teaching herself to “stalk” a “prey”, the fast moving squirrel. She hid herself behind some fallen branches in the freezing deep snow, patiently waited, waited, and waited some more, hoping the squirrel would fall in front of her, just because she was concentrating so hard.
My patient who lives in the woods set up a feeding pan for the deer who live around him and this little fawn looks really well fed thanks to my patient. She was not in so much of a hurry to get food anymore so she had time to pose for a nice portrait in front of her “food source”. :) My patient liked this young fawn very much as he thought she looked as though she was a “stuffed animal”. :) :) :) Donation to charity / 50% of the proceeds of the sale of this image will be donated to Nature Canada.
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