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I love viewing wildlife through natural vignettes. It gives me the feeling of looking through a peep sight and provides framing and layers to my pictures. I have to be careful not to crowd the deer with the framing as I "shoot" her with my camera at the Sable River Outlet at the Ludington State Park.

Old enough to explore, a fawn pauses to check out a potential threat at the edge of its still small world in a swale between dunes near the Sable River. Hundreds of park visitors swimming, fishing, or just sitting on the beach have no idea the nearby swale is the fawn’s first home.

Autumn along the Lake Michigan shoreline is a quieter time, a good time for spotting wildlife. On a November morning, this buck appeared along the high clay banks south of Ludington, in an area where no hunting is allowed.

A doe pauses between licks while drinking water from the Sable River at Ludington State Park.

A fawn curiously and warily makes its way along a trail at Ludington State Park. Its mother lets the young deer learn how to lead the way while staying close by.

Driving in Truck at Legends Deer Ranch

Driving in Truck at Legends Deer Ranch

Driving in Truck at Legends Deer Ranch

Driving in Truck at Legends Deer Ranch

November Dream

Driving in Truck at Legends Deer Ranch

Two baby Fawns

Legends Deer Ranch

Legends Deer Ranch

Legends Deer Ranch

Legends Deer Ranch

Legends Deer Ranch

The light of a beautiful June evening making its way into the forest beautifully lit this deer. The deer did not flee, causing me to suspect it might have a fawn nearby. I quickly made this portrait and moved on. The doe was still lingering along the trail watching me as I made my way around the next bend.

Legends

Tonight I had a chance of a lifetime. My good friend, Brian Flannery, invited me to photograph some world-class whitetail deer at the Legend Ranch near Bitely, Michigan. People from all over the world travel here to hunt on this beautiful ranch. I wasn't in the blind for more than five minutes when this big boy walked out. It was the largest buck I had ever seen or photographed. Little did I know, he was one of the smaller deer I would see in the next two hours.