Since I visit quite often, the deer at our local forest preserve are becoming more trusting and comfortable with my presence. In fact, some of them have even begun coming to me for help with their troubles and anxieties.

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For Crazy Tuesday: "Two Of A Kind But Not The Same"

What caught my eye here are the shadows showing through the leaves. Though there are two full shadows made by other leaves, they are not the same shape, and in fact, resemble two different things. I see the shape of a ghost running toward us in the lower right shadow, and a small bird flying upward in the upper left. I have marked them with notes on the image.

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...heavily salted.

Macro Mondays: Fill The Frame
Our Daily Challenge: Something White

BTW, I see at least two faces too. :-)

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...especially if you're a field mouse or other small critter.

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Kensington Metropark, Michigan

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This White-tailed deer was in the process of slowing toward a stop when this sequence was captured. The five individual images were processed as a panorama and merged in Photoshop.

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