Buttons Wears His Velvet ...

“Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.”

             ~ John Muir

                  ~ 1838 ~1914

My favorite yearling ~ Buttons, as I call him ~ shows off his velvet as the eight point buck enjoys a beautiful summer evening in August at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

I began photographing Buttons as a precious white-spotted fawn, then a sweet button buck and then a beautiful yearling, until he migrated away in January 2020. Along the way I tossed him many apples, which he loved eating. It’s a true joy and blessing to me personally and as a photographer to have watched this white-tailed deer grow.

 

Apple Of The Yearling's Eye ...

“Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates all creatures.”

              ~ Henry David Thoreau

                 ~ 1817 ~ 1862

A beautiful white-tailed deer yearling ~ who has recently lost the velvet on his antlers ~ eyes the apple I tossed him, which he then enjoyed eating under the evening sun on a warm late September day at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

 

The Buck In August ...

“Be inspired by your journeys traveled and the ones yet to come.”

        ~ Sam Clark

A majestic six-point white-tailed deer buck pauses to pose on a beautiful August evening in this high contrast monochrome portrait I shot at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.