Suricate

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 28, 201452 views3 comments

There are a few animals in the Namaqualand National Park, we were lucky that this one popped out for a little while. This is only our third ever sighting of these relatives of the Mongoose, almost every other image you may have seen come from habituated (tame) animals. This one was definitely wild.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4EX at 506 mm
F8
ISO 800
1/1250

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3 comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on September 28, 2014 at 11:06 AM

Very nice Ken. You captured a nice pose and facial expression.....................Jim

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 29, 2014 at 11:22 PM

It is always cool to see the unusual. The upright posture suggests a vertical presentation, too, but this works fine, maybe even better with a little more depth of field to include the foreground vegetation on the right.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 30, 2014 at 10:55 AM

Jim and Lon,

Thanks for your comments, much appreciated

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