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Thirsty
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Thirsty

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 10, 201468 views3 comments
This is a young male, who I first took an image of as cub some two years ago has had a somewhat difficult time since then he and his two brothers and 1 sister were abandoned by their Mum, and are now on their own, They nevertheless seemed to have killed a large Buffalo, which was quite old and smelly by the time of our sighting.
After eating some more of this he probably needed a drink :biggrin:

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 200mm
F7.1
ISO 800
1/800
EV -0.67

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM
Wow, 200mm! You must have been very close. Looks like he's keeping his eyes on you. Awesome encounter, I bet. I might try to lighten this up a bit. Looks a touch dark on my monitor. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 11, 2014 at 9:14 AM
Jerry,

Thanks very much, light was awful on this one, I think I probably overdid the processing
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 11, 2014 at 12:32 PM
Excellent detail, Ken, and I like the alert look he's giving you. Nice choice of framing.

:toast:
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