Red Lechwe

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 6, 2014112 views4 comments

Here's one more buck species from our Africa trip last summer. This was taken from a boat on the Chobe River in Botswana. The setting is one of the many large islands in the river.

Canon 5D3 500F4 1.4x 1/1600 F8, iso 800

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Comment posted by William Bickle on August 6, 2014 at 4:38 PM

Hello Nate

I enjoy the Natural , Relaxed look of this guy. The flying bugs about his head add to the flavor of a Natural Setting.

WOW, some curved set of Antlers there, well defined and very interesting !

Bill

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on August 6, 2014 at 11:12 PM

I love the look he's giving you. Unusual pose. Beautiful animal.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 7, 2014 at 2:57 AM

Nate,
Great pose from this great antelope, nice to see you have left the "pesky" grass in

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Comment posted by John Launstein on August 10, 2014 at 7:38 PM

Hi Nate! BEAUTIFUL!! Stunning subject with great low angle, comp, light and eye contact. The techs and detail are fabulous as well (of course) but in the end it's the head turn and wonderful eye that bumps it up even further. I can't help but feeling I'd be happier without that single blade of grass coming up across the Lechwe's muzzle, but like you, I always have a hard time making the decision to clone such "distractions" out of a moment of natural history. Sometimes the temptation for "improvement" gets the better of me, but in this case I think I'd leave it as you did here.

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