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Bellowing Stag (Single)
DESCRIPTION
Rutting season is a superb time to go photographing the great red stags. They are full of testosterone and extremely protective of their harem of females! Often they will rut with other male stags who seek to challenge then for access to the harem, and the altercations can be vicious, often lethal. This bellowing monarch of the glen was letting it be known to all around that he was the dominant in the area, and lo and behold any stag even thinking of challenging him to his title!
AUTHOR
I was born and raised on the outskirts of Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh. I graduated from St. Andrews University, Scotland with an MA (Hons) in Management & Psychology in 1997, and have worked in the Finance sector since that time. Photography came into my life properly in 2011, having developed from a life-long passion for travelling and a desire to capture my memories, both visual and emotional, in photos. Since then I have self-taught, from books, online tutorials and lots and lots of practice, and have now had images selected for features run by National Geographic. Four years from starting, photography is in my soul. It is part of what makes me ‘Me’, and it is part of what makes me whole
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