Wild Dog

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 25, 201551 views3 comments

One peice of good news in the Wildlife world is the sucessful increase in the Wild Dog population in Africa.
Increases are being seen everywhere but for me Botswana is still the best place for viewing these wonderful animals.
This was taken in Khwai Community Reserve just before sunset,
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 560 mm
F6.3
ISO 800
1/640

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 25, 2015 at 4:08 AM

Ken,

I have obeserved also that the population of wild dogs has been increasing over the years and that are good news.

I like the relatively low angle of photography in this image, also the soft light is very nice letting the texture of the fur look very detailed. I just wished a bit of more glance in the eyes which I know is under the given conditions difficult.

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 25, 2015 at 9:05 PM

A nice portrait, Ken! Dogs with light colors and black faces are very difficult to get right (I have a couple of them very similar looking) but you got the exposure just right in this shot. I like the intent gaze/focus of this dog.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 29, 2015 at 12:57 AM

Thanks for your comments
Cay-Uwe,
Thanks for confirming your own view of the increase

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