First Taste

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 24, 2016132 views5 comments

Last year, my wife and I were incredibly blessed to be able to witness a litter of 17 African Wild Dog (Painted Dog) puppies come out of their den for the first time and feast on regurgitated meat brought from the pack's hunt. These pups are all from the alpha female, a massive litter for these critically endangered predators.

This image crashed out of the final round of judging in this year's BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Techs:
Nikon D3s
Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f8.0 | 1/640 SS | ISO-1800

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on May 24, 2016 at 10:18 PM

Such a cool moment to witness. Maybe it's not worthy of their awards, but it's Grade A storytelling.

Max

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 26, 2016 at 6:24 PM

I suppose "mom" could have held back just a little and given you just a bit of profile...but this is intimate and interest grabbing. Cool.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 2, 2016 at 6:43 AM

Morkel,
Given the number of shots taken per your video, I am surprised that you did not get a better image cheeky

Although lets face it they are not known for lining up tidily

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on June 2, 2016 at 10:15 AM

Thanks Max and Lon.

Ken - you are most welcome to share a link to any "better" image of this kind of sighting, in the clear like this...I've not seen many anywhere...if it's a pure lineup you want, I got many of those - but they are just posing and not feeding.

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 3, 2016 at 3:10 AM

Morkel,
My comment did not refer to wanting a pure line up, just my surprise!

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments