Just so you don't think I was slouching this weekend (:), I tried your nose focus technique on this doe, I keep trying to get a shot of the buck but he is to wiley- any time I get close he disappears like a phantom.



AND NOT SO CLOSE UP



Shot from about 3/4 miles away with 100-400mm zoom, also this weekend. It is mating season for these guys, to , I've read. I took these all on Saturday as well,,,,,,,





I took about 400 shots of the goats, it will take me awhile to sort/process them, but I defintly have some keepers. These animals are fascinating to watch, but they are on cliffs so high they are difficult to reach. I think they came down into the shade to cool off from the sunny side. We have a serious winter storm approaching here, so they will likely move out till next year, as they seem to appear this time of year just briefly. One of these days I'll get a 70 mm close up of them.............from the snout! And to top it off, after I packed up and was driving away, the biggest buck I ever saw meandered across the road and was into the brush before I could even think about a shot of him. I watched it from a distance, and he was gone. Thats why I am so amazed at your close ups of the bucks- they are pretty shy here! but man what a deer it was!