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Dear all,

one of the most exciting aspect of nature photography is the fact that nature is far from predictable and you can always expect something unexpected….. As I was photographing for Natura2000 in Kampina, I cycled along a path and in my eyecorner I saw a brown creature. I looked back and saw it was a Roe deer sitting next to the path, apperently not being frightened by my presence. I stopped and crawled back with my telelens. I could approach it up to a few meters! I was puzzled by this situation, but decided to change my lens for a wide angle and later for a macro. I was so close I could smell the animal and it even sniffed at my macro lens! It was totally relaxed and didn’t seem ill, wounded or in pain, although I believe this behaviour would not have been performed by a normal Roe deer. I could take a shot of its eye, reflecting the surroundings…

Enjoy! Niels