Three Deer in Snow

This group of whitetail deer posed themselves very nicely and I was attracted to the composition. The heads of the three does are positioned in a triangle shape with the nearest head at the top. The horizontal tree branch would be mostly unnoticed if not for the snow on top. But that snow adds some natural framing, along with the vertical tree trunks on each side. The early morning sun was shining through the trees in scattered patches. How fortunate that these deer were laying in one of those patches!

The photograph was not just a snapshot, of course. I spotted the deer in the sunlight from some distance away and slowly moved within range. There were additional sideways adjustments until the three heads were composed and I shot from my knees to lower the angle.