It's a Vertical World

A selection of vertical images taken from my mornings afield this week.

While the vast majority of my wildlife images are shot with the camera in the horizontal orientation, today's post seeks to mix things up a bit with a collection of images that lend themselves well to the vertical format.

Summer Whitetails

As the first day of summer nears and the daytime temperature reaches into the 90's, the whitetail deer are in their full summer pattern.  Adult bucks are traveling in bachelor groups and provide outstanding photo opportunities when encountered.  And the bucks are only part of the story for by now most of the season's fawns have been born and are beginning to travel about.  The following photos were captured while spending a few hours this morning sitting quietly between two creek crossings.