Iconic?

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 5, 201374 views4 comments

South Africa's antelope the Springbok, is plentiful in the Northern Dry Areas. Believe it or not less than 150 years ag.
This image was taken in one of their strongholds, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa there used to be a gigantic migration, but as soon as people found out they were good eating the numbers dropped dramatically.
EOS 1D MkIV
70-200mm F2.8 MkII
F5.6
ISO 400
1/800

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on June 5, 2013 at 8:29 AM

Lovely portrait of a wonderful antelope Ken. Perhaps a bit too 'Trophy' like.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Joel Thomas on June 5, 2013 at 1:07 PM

I really like the lighting, at first I thought it was a bit strong but all of the detail is there and the catch light in the eye is awesome! Nice work. BTW I bet they are tasty

Registered on April 2, 2013, 17 Posts, 19 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 5, 2013 at 10:02 PM

Very nice image quality Ken, the whites are perfectly exposed. Martin raises an interesting point that perhaps their is a trophy-like appearance with this neck and head crop. I'm a little confused by your commentary, the numbers have rebounded in the Northern Dry Areas?

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 6, 2013 at 2:39 AM

Thanks every body, photography is the best way to collect "trophies"

By the way they do taste very nice, they are "farmed" in quite a few places, they make a fine pie

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments