Winter's Warm Embrace

Written By Ray Hennessy
 

Photographer: Alexis Lawer

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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

 
Ray Hennessy

Starting in 2007 my fascination with nature photography began.  In the years since, wildlife photography with a focus on birds has gone from a very passionate hobby of mine to become my career. I spend much of my free time in natural areas searching for birds and any other wildlife that comes along. I concentrate on using creative natural lighting and interesting compositions to capture unique images of common and rare wildlife. My favorite style is a more scenic photo that includes some of the habitat wildlife lives in. I also enjoy passing along the knowledge and experience that I have gathered over the years to other photographers who are eager to learn.

www.rayhennessy.com
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