A Solitary Deer Walks in the Meadow

Photographers talk about making a photo that "tells a story." If your photo succeeds in telling a story, you have won-over your viewer. Sometimes the story can be simple, like a storm on the horizon or a deer walking in the woods. In both of these panoramic photos, there is one deer composited together across the multiple images that comprise the panoramic. Some people scoff at such digital trickery. I think it is fun. It's a bit like watching a movie all superimposed over one frame.

This first panoramic was taken along Canaan Loop Road. I had gotten up early on a cloudy and rainy day in May. I spent an hour photographing this boggy area, when our little deer timidly meandered through my viewfinder. When the deer finally spotted me, it was off like lightning. How often has that serene little story been reenacted.

This second composite panoramic was made during our snow-less March this year. I was traipsing around the A-Frame Road area of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife refuge looking for raptors. After very little luck, I settled down into a comfortable depression in the ground, with my tripod and camera mounted pointing across the meadow. A couple deer meandered through from the right to the left. I took some photos. Then one deer decided to meander back to the right. That was when the inspiration struck me to get the deer in multiple panoramic frames and stitch them together.

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