Gallery: WildlifePosted July 28, 201456 views6 comments
This one did not run away
Taken in Meru National Park, Kenya
EOS 1DX
300-499 mm @ 372 mm
F10
ISO 800
1/640
Comments
6 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 28, 2014 at 9:11 PM
Looks like you got the entire antelope in focus. Well done. You can discern the flies on his face.
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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 29, 2014 at 12:35 AM
I think this is just outstanding Ken, technically just great. This butt towards the camera with head turn seems to be a classic pose when dealing with prey species it seems to me; he's carefully assessing the risk behind him but prepared to bound away if required. I wouldn't have thought to use f10, but it works beautifully imho.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 29, 2014 at 2:37 AM
Gary and Jerry,
Thanks very much, I chose F 10 in an attempt to get greater DOF as the animal was "long" and it seems to have worked
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 29, 2014 at 12:01 PM
Amazing that you got one in the clear - I have 10 half kudu/half brush that are probably not rescue-able.
Classic pose and nicely placed in the frame, and tack-sharp.
Excellent work!
Sandy
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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 29, 2014 at 6:02 PM
Sandy brings up a great point. Sometimes we get caught up in our critique of an image and lose sight of how difficult it was to obtain that image. This Kudu along with Gary's recent post of the triplet grizzly cubs and Mario's wild dog are situations that are rarely encountered. I think we need to give kudos for finding the animal along with any kudos that are deserving of photography/processing skills.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 30, 2014 at 12:49 PM
Jerry,
It goes without saying that I agree with you entirely, technical obsession is not what photography should be about, but unfortunately in lots of places it is
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6 commentsThanks very much, I chose F 10 in an attempt to get greater DOF as the animal was "long" and it seems to have worked
Classic pose and nicely placed in the frame, and tack-sharp.
Excellent work!
Sandy
It goes without saying that I agree with you entirely, technical obsession is not what photography should be about, but unfortunately in lots of places it is