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...a huge doe showed up to eat today. She pretty much dwarfs the other deer that come in. On a side note: Today (1-17) she came walking up within 15 feet of me. One day; I'll see if she'll eat from my hand.
* Soligor 135mm f/3.5 (Tokina) lens
* Bower T2-EOS lens adapter
Another curious doe. Turned out there were 3 doe and a 4-point buck that day. Unfortunately, the buck was a bit too skittish to sit for a portrait.
Hardwick Hall
An Elizabethan Masterpiece
Built in 1590-9 by Robert Smythson for Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury.
Elizabeth was more famously known as ‘Bess of Hardwick’ one of the most formidable women of Elizabethan England and the matriarch of the Cavendish family.
Hardwick is one of the earliest English interpretations of Italian Renaissance architecture and stands as one of the greatest of all Elizabethan houses.
Huge grids of glass are used to great effect in this rectangular, turreted building, which caused leading observers of that time to rhyme: ‘Hardwick Hall, more window than wall’.
The impressive twin towers are each crowned with a balustrade incorporating an ‘E.S.’ motif (for Elizabeth Shrewsbury) and, unusually, each of the 3 main storeys has a ceiling higher than the one below.
Hardwick boasts arguably the most spectacular Elizabethan interiors in England, with plasterwork by Abraham Smith, overmantels by Thomas Accres, and a classical screen by William Griffin, all dating from the 1590s.
Hardwick was transferred to the National Trust from Bess’s descendants, the Dukes of Devonshire, in 1959.
Grade l listed.
New Hall
West Front
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hardwick-hall
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwick_Hall
There are actually two Hardwick Hall buildings – the Old Hall (now a ruin) and the New Hall shown in this image.
Caught this buck eyeballing a young doe just 20 yards out in a field. Shortly after I captured him licking his chops the chase began!
The Doe turned straight at me, as I photographed her from the car near Lake Barkley Lodge in Kentucky. The deer in this area have become quite photogenic near the lodge.
Mom stomped her foot, snorted and said time to go! Elapsed time from first sighting to disappearance was approximately 30 seconds.
We drove to Rocky Lake preserve the other day and this doe was on the side of the road. If you look at her right ear you will see that it is notched. I don't know if this is normal wear and tear or a manmade identification marking.
I was in an open pasture, with my dogs about 10-20 yards in front of me. This deer came running out of the treeline to my left and ran through my dogs and through another 75 yards of pasture before hitting some more trees. I thought that was really unusual, but being that time of year, I'm guessing she had a couple fawns burrowed in the tall grass and my dogs were getting close. If so, it worked, because they quit whatever they were sniffing and started chasing her.:)
This mule deer doe was only a few feet above the highway. I saw it out of the corner of my eye and was able to pull over. I got a few shots as traffic went by. I was the only one that saw it until it crossed the road. One vehicle had to slow down but she made it safely across and into the brush along the river. IMG_4769
Missy is not shy to climb the deck stairs ... soon with all the snow that has fallen this past week Missy will leave for the deer yard with the rest of the herd ... just wish they all could understand that they would survive here because I feed them .. but their instincts always overule ...