Broken Antler

What is known as Murphy's Law--if anything could go wrong, it will--in the English language roughly translates as "the law of wickedness" into Russian. 

In the world of wildlife photography, this means that whenever I step outside without the camera, I come across animals that I don't normally see. This was the case with a stunning and large pileated woodpecker that seems to have the penchant for showing up on my dog walks when I happen to be "unequipped," for instance.

As a result, most of the time when I don't plan to shoot, I still walk around like this: 

 

Whereas deer in the Rockies are certainly not unexpected, I was actually happy to see this young buck. I recognized him immediately thanks to his broken antler, and he has really grown over the summer! 

Turned into a rather noble-looking animal, in fact: 

Now I just hope that elusive avian cardinal makes a comeback!

Yes, Deer

<<BAD PUNS AHEAD>> 

I have a pretty severe cold at the moment, which means that running up and down the mountain in the rain while wearing heels wasn't the best idea. 

However, tonight.... 

....wait for it... 

I took several shots of Jägermeister!

Whereas I simply couldn't resist posting that rather terrible pun, consider yourself lucky. After all, if you were a Russian-speaker, I'd use an even worse one, i.e. "giving someone the horns," which means to cheat on a significant other. 

Of course, there's also "stag party" in English, which... 

Okay, I'll stop! :)