Red Deer - Cervus elaphus
Canon 800mm f5.6 for 1/80th @ iso1000
I was waiting for this Stag to either be isolated from the hinds and other stags which had collected together on the lower slopes of the hill following a night of feeding on the lower ground that border the loch. The sun rising slowly in the east was just creeping above the peaks that rub shoulders with the "Ben" At this time of year and post the change of the clocks the sun is neither high n the sky and the hours of daylight are short.
A mist began to roll onto the hillside blowing down from the north and very quickly enveloping the hillside - it was a case of press the shutter at 1/80th and almost hope for the best - and in moments thee small herd of deer were hidden by a thick and chilly mist.
Our visit to Ardnamurchan was a week or so later than usual and the rut had finished - the keeper telling me that it was over within two weeks. The stags now all wandered about feeding collectively and the hillsides and valleys were quiet with no bellowing and certainly no clashes of antlers.
I was waiting for this Stag to either be isolated from the hinds and other stags which had collected together on the lower slopes of the hill following a night of feeding on the lower ground that border the loch. The sun rising slowly in the east was just creeping above the peaks that rub shoulders with the "Ben" At this time of year and post the change of the clocks the sun is neither high n the sky and the hours of daylight are short.
A mist began to roll onto the hillside blowing down from the north and very quickly enveloping the hillside - it was a case of press the shutter at 1/80th and almost hope for the best - and in moments thee small herd of deer were hidden by a thick and chilly mist.
Our visit to Ardnamurchan was a week or so later than usual and the rut had finished - the keeper telling me that it was over within two weeks. The stags now all wandered about feeding collectively and the hillsides and valleys were quiet with no bellowing and certainly no clashes of antlers.