I’ve been getting daily photos of deer for quite some time, now, and you’d think I would be tired of it by now.  After all, they are often quite similar in pose and expression – and really, there isn’t a lot to differentiate one deer from another.

Then I upload the photos and see them on the monitor.  The photos themselves often pick up details I simply cannot see from the window; the zoom lens makes all the difference.  It’s so amazing to be able to stand in my window and have a deer looking at me from less than 20 feet away.  Then, I upload the photo of that same deer, looking directly into the camera, with such detail and clarity that I can see our home reflected in its eyes, and count the eyelashes.  It’s amazing!

Best of all are the split-second shots.  Those fleeting moments, captured in a still shot, that often have me laughing out loud.  Especially the tongue shots.  Those just crack me up!

Today was filled with such photos.  Here are some of my favourites.

First, we start with Barbecue, being all rude and stuff. ;-)

She looks like she’s giving someone behind the house the raspberry!

Taking photos from the living room has its other challenges, though.

Like cats.

Cats who like to walk on the window ledge, right in front of the camera.

That’s the mama cat’s tail, blocking what would have been a great shot of Hungry Girl. :-D

She looks like she had opinions about that.

“Hey, cat!  You messed up my picture!  You know what I say to that?

pptthhhhppptthh!!!”

“So there!”

This next one is something extra special, though.

That’s some 3D, jumping right out atcha, dynamic action tongue going on there!

And look at those teeth!

There were more funny shots today.  Too many to post!

Later on, Detail and her boy came by.

I really tried to get some closer shots of her boy and his growing antler nubs, but the light was starting to fail.  With a zoom lens, it doesn’t take much.  You can’t really tell in this photo, but it looks like the antler tips are just, just starting to show through the fur.

Looking forward to taking more pictures tomorrow! :-D

The Re-Farmer