A STUNNING photograph shows a stag with a full moon between its antlers in a Highland glen.

Alex Trowski, 40, was returning from a day out when he spotted the majestic stag standing by the side of the road and leapt into a ditch to get the picture.

The professional photographer was returning home to Fort William last month after a day out in Glencoe.

He said: “It wasn’t supposed to be a photography day.

“We went through Glen Etive to watch the sunset. We noticed the moon on the way back and we were almost driving towards it.

“And then it was like, ‘Oh my gosh – stag!’. There happened to be a passing place, so I got my camera out and jumped down the embankment. I got wet feet and wet knees because I was kneeling down.

“It looked at me like, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ It had a really nonchalant look like he wanted to be left alone.

“Then it just walked straight off and was behind the hills.”