Young Sable

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 21, 2013107 views7 comments

If I had to make a definite choice I would have to say Sable are my favourite Antelope, but I have not seen everything

But getting a good image of these can be very difficult because of their colours in particular the dark eye surround

This youngster is making a hasty exit from Kennedy 2 Waterhole, Hwange National Park , Zimbabwe
Please excuse the background, this has resulted from the interference of "environmentalists"!

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4x at 461mm
F6.3
ISO 800
1/2500

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on October 21, 2013 at 7:00 AM

Ken, nice photo. I am impressed with the sharpness and lighting. You mentioned the background which is a bit distracting. Good one.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on October 21, 2013 at 3:09 PM

Very nice indeed. Everything is sharp. Still have lens envy. (smile)

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Comment posted by Don Westbrook on October 21, 2013 at 5:29 PM

Really nice action image. That lens is really showing its chops with great details. However, there are those spots extreme right, midway down that is either dirt kicked up by the subject, or something on the lens. I can't decide so I though I would mention it.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 21, 2013 at 6:57 PM

Nice clean shot Ken. The colors of this species are very nice as are those huge horns, and I can see why you they are a fav of yours. I don't mind the background, but then I don't know exactly what you are referring to ...environmentalists?

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Comment posted by James Blue on October 21, 2013 at 10:09 PM

Ken, that's sharp as hell and flattering light....but your right, the background is a manipulated waterhole disaster. I'll give you a pass to add some blurr back there:) Man, those Sables are beautiful.

Jim

Registered on June 16, 2013, 16 Posts, 144 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 21, 2013 at 10:18 PM

Excellent exposure of a beautiful subject. Given the bright light, I think it would have been enhancement for enough space to include all the shadow (and space to run into).

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 22, 2013 at 12:00 AM

Thanks for the comments.
I should explain my "environmentalist" comment. All waterholes in Hwange are pumped, this unfortunately adds lots of noise to video, this waterhole was sucessfully pumped for many years by a Lister, the environmentalists decided that this was not "green" and installed a monstrous solar panel, which not only looks ugly, but is totally incapable of keeping water kevels up to any decent standard,

Lon,
I am still getting used to the idea that I can zoom out

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