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Greetings

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 7, 201678 views3 comments
Wild Dogs are for me one of the animals that behave very differently to others.
When they have slept overnight or in the afternoon they wake up and conduct a "bonding" ceremony otherwise known as the greeting ceremony. This is one such in progress made different by the fact that it took place close to water, subsequently they entered,a rare thing for Wild dogs who are very scared of water they have an inordinate fear of Crocodiles ( not surprisingly).

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 240 mm
F6.3
ISO 400
1/1600

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by William Bickle on February 7, 2016 at 8:30 AM
hello ken... nice capture... i thoroughly enjoy the informative narrative ... thanks for sharing


Bill
www.billbickle.com
 
Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 8, 2016 at 9:55 AM
Bill,
Thanks very much, you really need to see this activity to believe it, for me the best action in Wildlife viewing.
Extremely difficult to capture in a photograph.
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on February 8, 2016 at 4:28 PM
Lovely light and great moment here Ken, nicely framed (though I can see a version with a slice less at the bottom?)
Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments