Mario22 Loc: Albany, NY

So, a neighbor of a friend, captured a photo of a buck in their backyard with a field camera. What’s strange is the red deer projected behind the buck. It really wasn’t there, but where did it come from? Where did the red coloring in the photo come from? Something to do with field cam lighting to focus?

More info:
The field cam was about 12 feet from the buck.
There’s a small storage garage about 13-14 feet to the right of the buck.
Where the red deer is projected is wetlands.
My friend’s shed is about 15 feet to the left of the buck.
They have solar lights on the other side (backside?) of the shed.
Also on the other side of the shed is a huge wooden Moose sculpture.

At first I thought it had something to do with a reflection or mirrored effect and thought the red light must be from the field cam. However, I wonder about the influence of the wetlands, the solar lights and the Moose sculpture. I know the quality if the field cam photo isn’t very good. I can see the red deer but not the big moose head. Any help figuring out how this photo might have occurred would be appreciated.
When she looks to the left of the red deer, there appears to be the head of the moose but way out of proportion.

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Maybe its really there.

Revet Loc: Fairview Park, Ohio

Maybe that was the Buck's mate from the year before who was taken during hunting season!

No idea what is going on there, but I am interested in what others have to say.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

By "taken" do you mean murdered?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Similar to how chickens, cows, pigs, lambs, turkeys... are also "murdered".......
Funny how it's okay to "murder" some animals but not others. Or is that different somehow...
Do fish get murdered also?

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Yes - I do understand your objections to my reply, I do understand that without the "food chain" the world would starve - and I don't mean just humans. But there are ways and means, and the purposeful ending of any life should never be regarded as pleasure or sport. We should rather be grateful that one life ends so that another may live.
Yes - same for fish - millions of fish choke to death every day so that humans live. And I am part of it.

Mario22 Loc: Albany, NY

They are positive that it wasn’t there.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

"For Sport" I do not agree with.
"For Food", no problem.

elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

According to Wikipedia:

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter. Wikipedia

"Murder" is a human legal term. Be well! Ed

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Explicitly, yes.
For a good majority though, murder is synonymous with kill.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

It looks like the other deer was there and was illuminated, probably by a red focus assist light.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I have no explanation to offer, but it is certainly an interesting image.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

They are positive they didn't see it. That doesn't mean it wasn't there.

Mario22 Loc: Albany, NY

Yes, I was wondering if the red focus assist light might be the culprit. For some reason they are believe the doe was not there. One neighbor wondered if the sculpture of the moose was somehow involved, but it looks like a deer to me and not a moose.

Could the deer have been located somewhere else and not behind the buck? Might it have been reflected from somewhere else, and thus appears behind the buck. The doe seems to be too big in relation to the buck for it just to be there and behind it.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

My opinion, the deer was right there and they just didn't see it because it was dark out. The red flash assist light was just bright enough to illuminated it in the picture.