Going on with the Fawn-in-the-Washtub (And Additional Fawn Photos to Follow)
If you are new to NT, or, new to the Photography & Art Forum, some background on this image and images from the same sequence of images …
My backyard is at the edge of a forest (albeit literally in the city of Philadelphia). Philadelphia has the largest wild White-tailed Deer population of any major city in the world.
Looking out into my backyard one morning last year, I saw a fawn struggling to stand for the first time just after being born. As I went for my camera, in returning to the window, I watched the fawn hobble down the slope of the yard ... and seem to disappear behind a huge polar tree at the base of the slope.
I went out to yard and down the slope to see where the fawn had gone.
This is what I saw and had the good fortune to photograph. I contend that it's about as unusual a deer photo as anyone is likely to see.
© A. Mac/A.G.
This fawn was born this past May … the washtub has retained its magic (FYI: the plastic tub behind it is for weeds and rubble)
© A. Mac/A.G.
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More fawn-photos will be posted later today.
Stop me when you've seen enough.
I'll never see enough.
I'll never see enough.
As you know from the photos I've sent, this year's fawns drink the rainwater from the tub which I leave in the yard … for sentimental reasons, I kept it from my father's house when he passed away in 1999 … and the fawns (for me at least) constitute a kind of Cosmic extension of his life in that new lives drink and/or find shelter in that tub, as it has evolved, into a yearly reoccurrence.
A great connection to dad.
Hello A-Mac, I would have to say that is a beautiful unusual deer photo! Good to see you again :o)
Wonderful to see you as well, Lebowsky!
Thanks - Glad you knew what I meant,,, I like the edit feature lol
Posted this year's fawn at the washtub.
And now, good night.
sweet dreams
Another beauty, I'll never tier of seeing these photos.