In another tribute to incredible laziness here's another golden oldie, this one from August of 2006. Ah, those were the days.As I've touched on before, there really are deer to be found in and around Toronto. I've seen them in the Don Valley right within striking distance of downtown and also in Rouge Park and I've heard of them being spotted a lot of places, including High Park (though I do wonder how a deer could get in there). I've even heard deer hunters complain they see more deer around here than they do far north in areas where you're allowed to hunt them, which of course you aren't allowed to do in Toronto.
This particular young deer I spotted early in the morning at Cranberry Marsh, Whitby, which still counts as Toronto for us. You can see she's actually checking out the sunrise in the first shot. Then once I took her picture she heard me and looked over, and, as usually happens with deer, she took off. (I think it was a she.)
I shot this with an older version Nikon 300mm f2.8, which is a physically huge and heavy lens. I rented it from Vistek downtown on Queen, a place you might want to check out if you're interested in trying out a lens. They have a huge selection available for both Nikon and Canon and a weekend rental isn't expensive at all. You can get glass you'd never have access to otherwise this way, and a lot of people I think probably aren't aware that there's a place in Toronto where you can rent camera equipment so easily.
