Photograph info:

This photo was taken back in September but still seems seasonal. (The leaves are now missing, and since deer hunting season started on Monday, some of the deer are probably missing, too...)

This photo is best viewed as large as possible, so as a Thanksgiving gift to everyone who reads this blog, here are screensaver versions in the most popular resolution sizes:

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Camera settings and post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D and the Canon 85mm f/1.2L lens at f/1.2, 1/160s, ISO 500. Curves adjustments, color balancing. The blur (or bokeh) is from using this lens wide open at f/1.2 and focusing on the fawn's nose.

Thank you for visiting Durham Township!

--Kathleen

Thanks for the trip back to those warmer golden days...I was instantly transported and happily with our fog, fog and more damp fog here in Seattle these days.
From Lucia, "what I like about it is that it looks like humans don't live there. It's a view into the deer-realm. I want to join them."

There is strong feeling of photographers presence.

Beautiful! The framing through those colorful fall leaves is wonderful. They seem so alert to your presence.

Thanks for sharing this as a screensaver version.

Run Bambi Run! This is a familiar sight from my window and one I enjoy whenever graced with their presence. Love the framing of the leaves. Thanks for the great larger version with all its detail.

Charming, it seems a scene of fables. Sin for the branch that dirty the composition near the main subject.

Oh deer, this shot is making me Disney.......which reminds me how fortunate I am that your beauty is not Sleepy, or Dopey, or Grumpy or.......just write me a prescription for one 1280x1024. OK, Doc?

In September it was safer for deer to stand in the field
But now in December the hunters with guns they do wield.
So all bucks, does and fawns
Should stay out of the lawns
Or tender venison dinners they will yield.

I see this same sort of picture in my back yard.

Another beautiful shot Kathleen. This also reminds me of home. Here is a shot I took from our front yard http://sherrimeyer.com/Blog/?p=364.

Your work is always beautiful.

Beautiful shot! Very peaceful and love the foreground in the shot all blurred; helps to make the shot feel as if we've just come across the deer.

Wonderful image! I love the framing and the composition.

WOW! Your lucky day!! What an exceptional capture. Love how you've framed the fawns in the distance. Simply beautiful.

The comp on this is absolutely fantastic! Now this tells a story. Can you tell I love it?

Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful warm autumn colors. Very agreeable transition between sharp and blurry, makes it easy to wander around in the picture.

Deer - pure beauty. And your photo is just breathtaking.

Sensational shot of a heavenly place, just beautiful.

Yes, we see you through the trees and we smell you too! You smell like death! Before you came, we had natural enemies who thinned our herds, taking the weak and the sick.

Then you came and take only the strongest and most virile, making us weaker. Our population has exploded as our strength has diminished.

We evolved learning to evade packs of wolves and lone Mountain Lions, but have not figured out how to avoid your cars!

So, when we look up and see your lens, we aren't sure if it will be followed by the click of the shutter or the crack of the bullet. Do we look better to you as a picture in a frame or a head on a wall?