White Rhinoceros Grazing

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 27, 201094 views6 comments

White Rhinoceros Grazing at Lewa Downs wildlife preserve near Isiolo, Kenya.

Canon d30 Canon 17-85s @ 28mm 1/750th @ F6.7 ISO200. reworked jpg shot in sRGB yikes!

Thanks for looking.
Comments always welcome and appreciated.

Neil

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on August 27, 2010 at 8:11 PM

Nice shot of a rhino in it's home. It would have been nice it it had lifted it's head just a bit. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 28, 2010 at 8:39 AM

I really like the cloudy African sky! I agree about the static pose but I imagine with rhino it could go from placid grazing to staring down an angry charge with not many options in between!

JPEG? I did that to myself recently after shooting some events! That is a big "yikes."

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Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on August 28, 2010 at 9:03 AM

Nicecontrast between sky and earth ;)
I think you could put rhino more left on the frame

Registered on March 3, 2007, 122 Posts, 778 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on August 28, 2010 at 9:12 AM

John and Lon,
Being grazers, White Rhinos are notoriously hard to capture in any other position than what I was able to capture here. More docile than Blacks, for the most part, they always have their heads to the ground in tall grass. This female lifted her head once in the 30 minutes we were with her and looked the other direction before moving off into the boulders where we couldn't follow.
Thanks for your comments.
Neil

Registered on October 30, 2009, 156 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on August 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM

Wonderful comp and clouds on this one, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Geslin on September 6, 2010 at 3:12 AM

I love the composition of the shot. The juxtaposition of the green tree leaves, the brown grass, and the billowing dark clouds. I'm a big fan of eye contact, though. Really, I think that that is the only thing missing from this shot. Nice work!!

Registered on November 25, 2008, 12 Posts, 27 Comments