| Evening with Alfred July 2016 |
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| One evening I was blessed to have a very special experience. Come along as I recreate it for you. Standing at my computer one evening, I saw some beautiful clouds forming in the distance. I thought, "When the sunset hits those clouds, that's going to be beautiful." I grabbed my camera and took off running. I got to the top of the hill and discovered a full moon rising out of those beautiful clouds - even better! | |
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| My first views of the beautiful scene, and some deer that scattered when I arrived | |
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| I knelt down to start taking pictures but then I heard this squeaking
noise. I looked up to see this adorable fawn walking toward me, making that sound.
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Here I try to get the fawn (far left) and the sunset (far right) in the same
shot, but the lighting is difficult for that.
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I knew the clock was ticking on this sunset, so I went back to taking pictures of it. |
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| The fawn did not appreciate being ignored and started walking even closer | He kept squeaking and taking slow steps toward me, as if to say, "Hello, am I not the cutest thing up here?!" |
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| It was such a neat experience, I took a bunch of pictures of him | |
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| Here he comes even closer - walking right toward me | Then he started walking across in front of the sunset. This is
how I came up with his name, Alfred. He was named in honor of Alfred Hitchcock and his cameo appearances in many of his films. |
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He pretended to be running off up the hill, but he kept turning back to look at me. What a character! |
| After this one (without a zoom lens, mind you!), he finally pranced away a few steps | |
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| Finally, some pictures of the sunset I came for, but what fun it was interacting with Alfred! | |
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Looking back at our house from the hill. |
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| Back home, taking one last look at the moon. Beautiful! | |
