A Mothers Love

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 17, 2013157 views11 comments

We were very fortunate in seeing some nice denning Jackals in Ngweshla last year. We even saw mum moving her cubs, but they were too far away for decent images. This image was taken at a den closer to the road, still a little too far away, but when Mum returned the youngsters got a little closer
EOS 1DX
500mm F4 MkII
ISO 800
1/4000,
F6.3

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 17, 2013 at 8:39 AM

Love the look on the little one, nice family capture. I am jealous of all the light you get to work with out there.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on May 17, 2013 at 9:07 AM

beautiful moment with light to match. Nicely done Ken.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 17, 2013 at 11:07 AM

Great scene. The coordinated colors between mom and the surroundings are neat and no accident, I'm sure.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on May 17, 2013 at 11:47 AM

Awwwww Mommmmm! Nice moment captured! Sharon

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 17, 2013 at 2:44 PM

Great light and subjects to work with, you made the most of it with perfect timing to catch the big wet kiss. Fine photo of maternal care.

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on May 18, 2013 at 12:39 AM

Always fun to see the interaction between mom and young, and you captured it nicely.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 18, 2013 at 2:13 AM

Thanks very much for all of your kind comments, they are much appreciated

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 20, 2013 at 11:28 PM

I like the intimacy on this one also Ken. BTW, your large version is still the small version.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 22, 2013 at 10:36 AM

Kurt,

Thanks for your comment, sorry about the "large" version

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on May 30, 2013 at 12:21 PM

What a beautiful moment you witnessed here. My feeling is that the photo can be llightened a bit or maybe it's the white balance...but the white in the fur seems to yellow-ish to me and not white enough. But such an adorable shot...
Grt, Ingrid.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 31, 2013 at 2:18 AM

Ingrid,
Thanks for your comment, this was taken early morning hence the "yellow" light, at the time of year this was taken everything is extremely dry.

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