Portrait of a Dama Dama free roaming in the AWD, Netherlands

This photo has been taken in the Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen in the Netherlands on a sunny day in July 2024. This dune area is used to purify drinking water but is also a nature reserve. Fallow deer, among other animals, roam freely here. They are used to people but keep their distance. It was my first time here and I saw this male and his group foraging. I went slowly to them, sat down, and studied them from a distance until they got used to me. Then I got slowly closer and could make some stunning pics of him and his group. It was an unforgettable moment, being trust by these beautiful animals which allowed me, for a moment, in their present.