Common Duiker

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 6, 201543 views5 comments

Very open and remarkably still for this antelope, a normal view is its rear disappearing into the distance!
This one appears to be chewing a fruit from a sausage tree

Taken in Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 297 mm
F 5,6
ISO 1600
1/200

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on April 9, 2015 at 10:03 AM

Antelope with a mohawk. What's not to like. This shows the antelope relatively well along with a good look at the habitat. Based on the nature of these guys, any image at all is a huge accomplishment. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 9, 2015 at 10:37 AM

Jerry,

Thanks very much, I once snuck up on one in the nude and got quite close. sad

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on April 9, 2015 at 8:26 PM

I'm sure there's a story there!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 10, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Jerry,

There is, I had not realised that I had not posted it here. Off to Tanzania early in the morning so I will post on my return.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on April 13, 2015 at 1:15 AM

Love the colours, overall tonality and comp on this one, Ken! Guess I'll do the "perfect world" nit and say the foreground grasses are a bit of a bummer in front of the antelope's shoulder, but everything else makes up for it IMO.

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