Leucistic fallow fawn, Newcastle, Texas
Taken back in the spring of 2007, here's "Houdini" looking at me suspiciously, probably wondering what I'm holding in front of my face. Houdini was born the previous summer, about 9 months before this was taken. Although he looks albino, he's actually leucistic... a condition similar in appearance but with some pigmentation present... usually in the eyes. Albino creatures have a total lack of melanin resulting in very light pinkish eyes. Houdini, like a number of leucistic deer in the herd had normal eyes, fully pigmented.
Here's a photo of Houdini taken 6 years later:
api.flickr.com/photos/61377404@N08/10062491784/in/album-7...
Sadly, Houdini and three other bucks were taken by a poacher over a four week period in early 2014. He was apprehended and justice was served, just not as much as he deserved.
This photo was taken with my second digital camera, a Kodak DX6490 point & shoot that had a great zoom lens and was small enough to carry in a jacket pocket. It didn't have image stabilization but was super easy to use and many of the best deer pictures I took were with this camera. The zoom lens wasn't used so much to get closer, but more to allow precise framing.
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Leucistic fallow fawn, Newcastle, Texas
Taken back in the spring of 2007, here's "Houdini" looking at me suspiciously, probably wondering what I'm holding in front of my face. Houdini was born the previous summer, about 9 months before this was taken. Although he looks albino, he's actually leucistic... a condition similar in appearance but with some pigmentation present... usually in the eyes. Albino creatures have a total lack of melanin resulting in very light pinkish eyes. Houdini, like a number of leucistic deer in the herd had normal eyes, fully pigmented.
Here's a photo of Houdini taken 6 years later:
api.flickr.com/photos/61377404@N08/10062491784/in/album-7...
Sadly, Houdini and three other bucks were taken by a poacher over a four week period in early 2014. He was apprehended and justice was served, just not as much as he deserved.
This photo was taken with my second digital camera, a Kodak DX6490 point & shoot that had a great zoom lens and was small enough to carry in a jacket pocket. It didn't have image stabilization but was super easy to use and many of the best deer pictures I took were with this camera. The zoom lens wasn't used so much to get closer, but more to allow precise framing.
100-2645T FB