23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Wildlife
Push-and-pull

I was completing my day trip to a nature reserve in the north of Belarus. It was getting dark fast, but I didn't despair of trying to film something interesting. And suddenly I see fallow deer feeding on grass ahead to the left of the road before the frost. Their silhouettes were clearly visible against the background of the setting sun.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Belarus
Camera: NIKON D7100
Copyright: © Polina Shkliar