On my quest to find a photo of my favorite place, I’m reminded of one my favorite photos from September 2009. I’ve sold this photo a couple times, even. My Mountain Deer photo was taken early one morning at sunrise on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. I heard that sunrise was magical here, but with the long drive to get here, we had to wake up before dawn to pack up our tent and drive up to the ridge. When we arrived there were a couple other photographers out here including one professional photographer showing off his photos on his i-device. This was really when I started salivating for my own pretty i-device to show off photos. The sunrise lit the sky on fire and there was certainly no shortage of beautiful photo opportunities. Towards the end of the actual sunrise, while I was photographing an area, my husband suddenly tapped my shoulder and asked me to turn around to see several deer grazing on a ridge-line in the distance. It was perfect! I quickly spun around on the spot and just barely caught the deer as they wandered off. I love this photo because of the color scheme. I couldn’t have planned out this photo if I tried and I’ve been trying to duplicate it ever since. Olympic National Park held a special magic for me this morning and this is on the list of my favorite places.
Camera Settings: Nikon D300 with 18-200mm lens at 200mm, 1/50 sec at f/18, ISO 200.







