Another Sunset

    Ok, so here's the story. Last night I went to a hillside spot on the edge of town to look at, and perhaps photograph, the sunset. In the field below me were deer feeding. I've seen them there before when on a similar sunset inspection tour. It seems to be a favoured spot for them. The sunset was pretty, but less than spectacular, so I tried to photograph the deer. I found,  to my disappointment, that even with my longest zoom lens,  they were too far away for a decent shot.

     On my way home from last night's sunset vigil, I scouted around and discovered another trail that would bring me much closer to the field where the deer were feeding. But, by that time it was almost dark and further photographic effort would be futile. My plan was to come back next evening.

     So tonight, the plan was to photograph deer. I left a little earlier than usual in the hopes of having decent light for my endeavour. After a quick stop at the Brown Dog Coffee Shop for expeditionary supplies, (in the form of a mocha java shake; damn they're good!)  I was off to photograph deer or scare the hell out of them trying!

     I took the lower trail and, as I suspected,  it brought me much closer to the edge of the field. I set up my tripod and longest zoom lens and waited... and waited ... and waited...

     I don't know where those damn deer were tonight, but I do know they weren't anywhere in range of a scruffy, middle aged, baseball capped, would-be photographer with a ten power zoom lens!

     On the plus side, the sunset was pretty nice. To paraphrase the Rolling Stones song, you can't always get what you want, but sometimes the consolation prize ain't half bad.

                                             ...more later