Striking a pose

Decent trail camera composition.....

As my buddy Smokey Joe would say - Posing for a holy card......

Trail Camera Photography

Anybody that tells you that an inexpensive trail is incapable of taking cool pictures doesn't know what they're talking about.

The camera that composed this photo was repositioned to face directly east so as to get the morning sunrise and the softer tones of an evening sunset.

Check out this late afternoon picture of a doe...

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Same Doe?

Six days apart.

Same pose.

Same deer?

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Posing for a Holy Card III

Three additional photos.  Three different locations.  All thoughtfully composed by the local deer herd...

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Posing For A Holy Card - II

Some additional posing deer.

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Not too bad for a $90 trail camera, eh?

Posing For a Holy Card - I

I've talked about this before and I've learned a couple of things about trail camera placement as a consequence.

• Find a well-traveled game trail.  Someplace that you're reasonably confident deer or other animals will frequent on a regular basis.

• Position your camera so that it faces either east or west.  This is so that you will catch the photogenic low sunlight conditions of early morning or late afternoon.

• Cross your fingers and hope for clear and cloudless conditions and cooperative critters. 

Here are some shots that the cheap, old trail camera took.

They're not half-bad.

More to follow...