Although this looks like a wide-format panoramic photograph it was simply cropped this way from the full 35mm frame taken at a 400mm focal length. I take a trip to Mont Tremblant, Quebec, for a few days of skiing. One of the pleasures of this trip is, once skiing has ended for the day, to take the opportunity of exploring the rural countryside of this mountainous region. This was my first visit to the park and its beauty is quite startling. In a few weeks this contrast will have disappeared.
Timing is everything.
The area around Mt. Tremblant Provincial Park is mountainous but gentler, with farming valleys and gently rolling hills. Within the park though there are grand cliffs and rock faces. These are covered with birches, a unique signature of this part of the country. On one afternoon we saw at least 8 deer during a 3 hour period. This young doe was kind enough to pose for me while I braced myself on the hood of the car and hand-held the shot at 400mm.