Winter's Warm Embrace
The morning I took this photo, I had been out in the park for a few hours with few subjects to photograph. The bucks I was hoping to see were all bedded down pretty deep in the woods, including this one. So I decided to walk a while and come check back before leaving to see if anyone was around. This particular buck hadn't moved from his spot but he was awake now and soaking up all the sunlight he could get on this frigid morning. I decided to hang out a ways from him and observe. The birds were starting to come alive and some of the other deer were starting to get up and forage before moving to their day beds, so I knew he would likely be up soon. Soon after, he stretched, got up and began moving to forage before pausing to groom. This gave me an opportunity to move and set the scene to get some nice sidelight, as well as capture the snow that was gently being blown from the branches above.
1/1250 • f/7.1 • ISO 1000 • Nikon Z8 • 500mm • Nikon 500m f/5.6 PF
