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A photographer from Bolton has shared his stunning pictures after travelling the globe in search of wild, exotic animals. Although he has previously worked as a wedding photographer, Brian White 's camera has taken him beyond nuptials to places far and wide. The Deane native has a never-ending thirst to capture the most rare and exotic animals on camera, going to great lengths to find them.
Brian, who likes to take a yearly pilgrimage to far-flung locales when he can, went to Nepal in May this year to capture Bengal tigers. Brian White (Image: Brian White) He said: "I went away for 17 days, 12 in the jungle. It was in 45 degree heat, and it took 11 hours of walking to get to where we wanted to be.
"This was using a telephoto from around 50-100 metres away. Only in Nepal can you go on foot with tigers. "In recent years it has gone from 121 to 355 tigers, but the problems are with the villages on the periphery of the national park.
"When we come into their territory, they do see us as a threat. But when they get old and infirm, that is when they prey on the villages." A fiery-throated hummingbird (Image: Brian White) In May last year, Brian also went to Costa Rica to take pictures of a rare bird called the resplendent quetzal.
He added: "We had to time it with the quetzals' breeding season. Read more: Bolton's globe-trotting window cleaner was off on his travels Read more: Bolton photographer's globetrotting adventures Read more: Alpaca centre welcomes three adorable additions including 'miracle' "It is going to extremes and it can get quite lonely. "Firey-throated hummingbirds were also in the same vicinity, in the Talamanca Mountains in Costa Rica.
The quetzals are under threat of deforestation. Resplendent Quetzal with a wild avocado in its mouth (Image: Brian White) "When you get a frontal shot you get a great look at their plume." Brian has been taking photographs for decades, having previously spoken to The Bolton News about his travels.
He said: "From a very young age I was fascinated with travel, I did wildlife photography when I started my travels. "I went overland across Asia when I was 21, then Africa when I was 25. I got tigers in India before but that was on a safari from a car, on foot it is a different experience.
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