Red Deer Stag Shaking Water

I took this image of a Red Deer Stag shaking water of himself at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire which is very close to my home. I have been photographing the Deer here for over 30 years and during that time I have been after images of them in the rain or more precisely just after it stops raining. As the rain eases the deer then start to shake the water of their wet fur and it is like a huge explosion of water as they ripple their bodies. I have really been after a shot of a large Stag doing this but facing me head on. On the day I took this shot it had been raining so hard and I had sat with this large Stag for over two hours waiting for it to stop. We were both soaked to the skin and eventually it had started to ease. I thought this was going to be my chance but at the last minute he decided to turn his back on me and shake. At first, I was gutted but the image slowly started to appeal to me.

Canon EOS 1DX MKII, 1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO1600, EF500mm, f/4L IS II USM +1.4 x III