Brazilian Tapir

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 8, 2016170 views5 comments

Here's another from our August Pantanal tour in Brazil. This species is normally very wary but we were able to get out of the van and slowly walk up to this tapir drinking at a waterhole at Pousa Alegre Lodge. Here I think he is trying to figure out what we are.
Canon 1DX II 500F4 1/2500 F5, iso 800, handheld

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Comment posted by David Bogener on October 8, 2016 at 6:56 PM

Well composed. F5 works well. He gave you a nice head turn and some excellent eye contact. Thanks for posting this seldom seen species.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 8, 2016 at 8:47 PM

Handsome, huh? enlightened

My only wish to improve this strong portrait would be for more depth of field to include the end of nose in the focus zone.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 9, 2016 at 3:15 AM

Nate,
I agree with Lon, bur nevertheless a great and rare sighting devil

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 9, 2016 at 11:53 AM

Cool, Nate. Is this the tapir that one of the lodges rescued and raised? He's kinda/sota habituated to people and turns up at the lodge from time to time.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 9, 2016 at 1:41 PM

Thanks for your comments. I agree I should have used a bit more depth of field.
Jim, this is not a habituated tapir, it is fully wild. This was taken quite away down the road from the lodge buildings. There were 2 that came to drink actually.

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