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• Ryan // May 5, 2007 at 11:06 am

  Well, not finding too many photos of myself when was young, thought I would take this theme in a little different direction.

  I took this photo in the mountains of Colorado while climbing in the collegiate mountain range near Colorado Springs.

  The mother ran off, and I was able to carefully, and slowly walk right up to this little guy while he lay motionless. I was able to take a couple quick pictures, then carefully backed off and let the mother come back.

  Photo info: Nikon F70, Fuji color negative film, scanned and cropped in photoshop. I don’t remember which lens I was using at the time, most likely a 70-200. Exposure unrecorded.

• Claire // May 5, 2007 at 11:44 am

  OK this is better than seeing a picture of you as a kid, you where probably an ugly child anyways

• Ryan // May 5, 2007 at 12:25 pm

  Hey! Thanks a lot, cheeky bugger..

  Believe it or not, I was actually a cute kid!

• Linda // May 5, 2007 at 12:28 pm

  Well I guess we’ll never know how cute you were because you didn’t post a picture! The deer is adorable, though!

• Ryan // May 5, 2007 at 1:32 pm

  Ha, well Linda, i DO have 1 or 2 photos of me as a kid… maybe i’ll post one later on….

• JC // May 5, 2007 at 3:48 pm

  He sure looks content. Another great shot off the beaten path…

• Barbara H. // May 5, 2007 at 4:14 pm

  Oh, my, that surely must be a rarity. Gorgeous!

• Gewels // May 5, 2007 at 7:34 pm

  What an AMAZING photograph.
  Ansel Adams said that the secret to a good photograph is knowing where to stand.
  You were standing in a GREAT place

• Kai // May 5, 2007 at 10:44 pm

  Beautiful picture! What time of the year was this taken - do you remember? I keep waiting to see if the group who comes through our back orchard has any little ones with them, but nothing yet!

• Ryan // May 6, 2007 at 1:16 am

  Thank you JC!

  Means a lot Barbara. Could not believe he didn’t get up and run. I was not more than 5 feet away!!

  Thank you very much Gewels. Ansel is one of my favorites.. One of my favorite quotes “Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” Thanks again!

  Hey Kai! This was taken late spring, early summer a few years ago. I’m keeping an eye out too for any little ones. Still just a little early for around here. Did see a nice doe out back this morning though, and around 20 turkeys!!

• Ryan // May 6, 2007 at 1:18 am

  Oh, and I remembered what lens I was using (how is THAT for random???) It was my 43-86mm Nikkor. What a DOG of a lens. Lucky I was ever able to take ANY clear photos with that thing.. Perfect portrait lens - permanent soft focus effect! LOL

• margaret // May 6, 2007 at 7:59 am

  What a great shot.

  Late last summer, we had a young buck who visited our yard a few times. We were never able to get closer than 30 feet though. And we don’t have a good zoom lens yet.

• Comedy Plus // May 6, 2007 at 8:09 pm

  Ryan, this is awesome. What a great shot. You are the best ♥

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