Standoff

I have a cheap trail camera like hunters use to locate animals.  I use mine to photograph nocturnal animals that I might not see during the daytime or rarely.  Instead of the fancy infrared, mine takes only flash pictures.  I left corn out, along with a salt block to see what I could photograph. I got this picture in the winter of 2010.  This buck, as well as several raccoons had been coming on a regular basis.

I like this picture because it seems as though the buck is challenging the raccoon.  A picture is just a moment in time and usually out of context, but the result is sometimes interesting. Although raccoons are feisty little animals, and I understand their nearest relatives are bears, this one wouldn't stand a chance against that "rack."