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Fujifilm X-T2 +XF100-400mm f4.5/5.6 + 1.4x converter - 1/125 @ f8 ISO1600 (zoom 560mm) One of the highlights of the two day winter photo trip into the Highlands of Scotland was the number of stags we saw and photographed.  Red Deer  (Cervus elaphus) roam the Highlands of Scotland but while I have seen them further south, I hadn't expected to see them in such abundance on this trip. We had seen and photographed a young stag on the roadside as we were leaving Applecross on Friday evening and I was pretty pleased with the results in such poor light, but little did I know we were going have more opportunities on the second day of our trip. Fujifilm X-T2 +XF50-140mm f2.8 - 1/110 @ f2.8 ISO6400 (zoom 140mm) As we were travelling from Loch Assynt up to Kylesku I spotted three stags off in the distance.  As we rounded a bend in the road I noticed a large rock was obscuring us from the stags and so I could, hopefully, get closer without being spotted. ...

A chance encounter with a stag on the way back up Glen Etive resulted in this image. I only had my Fuji X100 to hand, as the Nikon D800 and Fuji X-Pro1 and their long lenses were in the boot of the car, and its fixed 23mm f2 wide angle lens was not the best solution for this shot.   Luckily the stag wasn't at all bothered by our presence and I managed to get three frames before he walked away.  I had to crop the image to get the stag large enough in the frame but the image is still very sharp despite the heavy crop thanks to the ultra sharp Fujinon 23mm lens.  The image is also big enough to print to A4 thanks to the Photo Zoom Pro4 software package I use.  This is the uncropped image taken on the X100 and 23mm f2 lens I'm pleased with the final image with the snowy mountains as a backdrop, even though it is a little 'chocolate box'.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...