Whitetail Doe This is the posture you will typically find the Whitetail Deer in during the early morning at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park. Most of the time, it's a problem, because the grass is so high that you lose the animal's head in your composition. And there really is not a much more boring, static pose than an animal grazing. So you end up spending a lot of time waiting for the deer to raise their heads. I try to use the waiting time to move around and get a good background. In overcast light like this, there's a lot of leeway -- moving to one side or another won't result in ugly shadows. This shot works reasonably well even though the head is down because the head and eyes are visible. The flowers, short depth of field, and overcast light helps give it a nice "soft" feel, too, so I decided to keep it. LENS: 500/4 | FILM: Fuji Provia 100F at EI 200 (push +1) | EXPOSURE: f/4 at 1/125" | DATE: 07/02 |