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Michael Higgins's picture

Twilight encounter

I expected a nice evening glow after the rain clouds cleared at the perfect time, so I smashed my dinner down my throat, kissed the wife and kid and booked it. The atmosphere was as expected and as an incredible bonus, this ground fog started sweeping in moments after the sun dipped behind the trees and the air cooled.

This deer and some others wanted to pass through this area, between a creek and a fence. I really hoped they would with these conditions as a backdrop. They were pretty hesitant, but I pretended to pick and eat grass, look into the distance, and scratch myself lol. Basically just foraging like they were, and eventually they wandered through.

I put the shutter speed fast, at 1/1000, so I could at least get a pic of them running if they decided to. And I was at f/9 by accident, as I was shooting landscapes before they showed up. This made the image pretty noisy, but I do like the level of detail in the background.

Nikon D610
80mm · f/9 · 1/1000th · ISO 6400
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