'His Masters Voice'

When taking this image, I decided to give this dominant Red deer stag, centre stage, as befits his standing on set.

He was one of two dominant stags, with sizeable harems at Bushy park this year, with many sub-ordinates vying for position, but, not quite having the maturity, or size, to have any success.

This was my first season of watching, and photographing this amazing event, it's been a steep learning curve, and hopefully I've learned a lot about their behavioural inter-action, how to approach safely, when to photograph, and, more importantly, when not to. It will definitely, not be my last season, and will be looking forward to next seasons performance with these amazing animals.....improving my images, whilst watching the dramas unfold.

P.s......I took to the high ground (not too much of that at Bushy) to photograph this stag, as I wanted to look down 'the barrel of the gun' If you get my drift....

 

Cheers to everyone who bothers to look at my images, sometimes fave, and comment....always appreciated.

 

P.p.s......Happy New Year ......!!!!!!

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