Chobe Crocscape

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 15, 2014105 views4 comments

On the photographic safari I hosted to the Chobe river in Botswana in March of this year, we were able to glide our photographic boat in close to a young Nile Crocodile that was basking in the late morning sun. Some interesting cloud cover and soft light made it an easy choice to go for wide-angle scapes of this critter in his environment.

Best viewed by clicking on the larger version...

Techs:
Nikon D800
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm
Kenko PRO Circular Polariser
f5.6 | 1/500 SS | ISO-200

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 16, 2014 at 1:17 AM

You did make a great choice Morkel, I sure like the photo. The clouds are quite spectacular, befitting such a noble predator.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 16, 2014 at 5:31 PM

This is one that I bet would look better and better the larger you make it. Good capture.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on July 17, 2014 at 6:45 PM

Love this as presented, but a pano crop version might also be interesting. Thanks for posting, Dave

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on July 20, 2014 at 9:14 AM

Thanks for your comments, gents

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