Red Deer, by Karin Eibenberger

Red Deer can commonly be seen in Austria, but this moment was really fantastic. We were hiking through a dark, wet, hibernal wood in Styria, Austria, when we saw a family of Red Deer searching for food. We came very close to them before they noticed us, and even then they weren’t frightened, but they backed off slowly, sometimes looking back if we’re still behind them.

Canon EOS 5D | Exposure 1/90sec @ f/6.7 | Focal length 400mm | ISO 200
Red Deer, by Karin Eibenberger

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | January 08
Photo of the Day Award Category: Wildlife Photography
Photograph Location: A wood in Styria | Austria

Photographer: Karin Eibenberger ( Waidhofen, Austria / Baltimore, MD, USA )
Karin Eibenberger (28) was born and raised in Waidhofen/Ybbs, Lower Austria. She has a Master’s Degree in Scandinavian and German literature and worked as freelance translator, tour and exhibition guide before she started her second career as Biomedical Engineer. Karin currently lives in Baltimore, US, where she works as research associate and Master Student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

In her private life, she married and has countless hobbies ranging from motorcycling over photography to trekking and backpacking, mountainbiking, traveling, kayaking, and – quite new – climbing. She rather prefers carrying a 30 kg heavy backpack through Alaska than leaving the camera behind. Photography has always been an integral part of her life and for Karin it’s a way to communicate and to show others how beautiful the world is outside their living rooms. With photography, one can address emotions and feelings directly, giving this medium a lot of potential power.

Website: http://www.krian.smugmug.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/karin.eib
Blog: http://karineibenberger.blogspot.com/