Mule Deer, Shot Yesterday. They're Back!

I mean photographed.... Not shot... Gotta watch my words when referring to photographing wildlife.

Yesterday, I was driving to a paid shoot here in Truckee, California when this beautiful sight caught my eye. So I backed up my ride, got the camera out, and fired off a few photos. In my opinion, it was totally worth being a couple minutes late to meet up with my clients. These mule deer were very busy eating the little bit of grass and didn't mind me being close. One of them looked up for a few seconds, but went right back to eating after checking me out. We had a couple big snow storms recently, so these deer seemed happy to find a little food exposed. It's that time of year where all the deer start making their way back up here, to higher elevations. Always fun to see!

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Shot, I mean photographed... with a Canon R5 Mark II and a 24-105mm lens, set at 105mm. The ISO was 200, the lens aperture was f/14, and the sutter speed was 1/200 of a second. Handheld photo, no lens filters.

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As always, prints are available on my website, www.TruckeeTahoePhotos.com.

Thank you for looking, and I hope you all see something cool and unexpected today!

Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
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Shot yesterday.... their back lol

Ha! Yeah, I didn't think about that meaning... I really got to watch my words better.

The pose that the deer displays is perfect, she is beautiful.

Right?! Not bad looking deer for the end of winter.

I love photographs that have to do with nature, and yours are really beautiful.

They are my favorite type of photos too! And thank you, I am lucky to live in such a beautiful area.

Great Post with beautiful Shots
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Thank you!

Cool, you have amazing talent.👍👍

Thank you! I live in an amazing area, so that helps a lot.