Gruesome!

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 14, 2014236 views6 comments

This sighting occurred on Christmas Day 2011.
There we were innocently following a coalition of 3 male Cheetah, they caught the young Gnu. Moments later the Wild Dogs arrived stole the poor littlr blighter from the Cheetah and killed it beside our vehicle. The Cheetah killed a Male Impala later,Unfortunately I did not have my wide angle handy
EOS 1D MkIII
70-200mm F2.8 MkII at 70mm
F6.3
ISO 800
1/500

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 15, 2014 at 9:10 PM

Wow, it must have been amazing to be this close to this scene Ken, a fine capture nice sharpness all around. I agree with you that a wider angle would have been great.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 15, 2014 at 9:24 PM

Can't believe 70mm wasn't wide enough Ken....very cool to be that close to the action. Nice techs on this and it is pretty damn impactful.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 16, 2014 at 1:33 PM

What an experience! Yes, wide angle would have been cool....But, as I look at this I realize the photo is really all those noses going into the bloody body cavity. I especially don't think most audiences would really respond well to the expression and glassy eye of the victim. How about a strong crop, left and bottom. I am thinking left edge at the shoulder or elbow of the left most dog. Then then bottom for ratio, making the center of the frame the angled convergence of all those noses and foreheads. I think it would provide a completely different feeling for the scene, still graphic, but shifting our attention also to all the nice lines and angles.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 17, 2014 at 11:51 AM

Thanks everybody, just realised that I did not explain that the kill took place at the side of our vehicle, I was hanging out the side

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on October 17, 2014 at 5:14 PM

Gruesome it is . . . but this is the way it goes in the wild. I bet that pure antelope disappeared in 5 minutes at most. Nice document image

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 18, 2014 at 2:04 AM

Mario,
If it lasted 2 minutes I would be surprised

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