Cheeky Springbok

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 19, 2017105 views6 comments

Early morning, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
EOS 1DX Mk II
200-400 mm F4 at 330 mm
F 5.6
ISO 1600
1/1250

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on April 19, 2017 at 9:21 AM

The big pic is a must on this one. Great light and texture.
Good one
JohnR

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Comment posted by Carl Johnson on April 19, 2017 at 3:29 PM

Beautiful, I agree with John. The light reflections and the shine of the horns almost look to good to be real.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on April 20, 2017 at 12:58 AM

Wow, beautiful rich color Ken. Nice to catch him with a bit of an attitude too.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on April 21, 2017 at 11:40 AM

Hi Ken,

The angle doesn't help a lot in showing the tongue, but the lighting and "cleanliness" of the image more than makes up for that. Nicely done.

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 23, 2017 at 9:36 AM

Thanks everybody, but most thanks goes to the light!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 23, 2017 at 2:14 PM

Beautiful light on this Springbok, Ken. It looks like he's executing what's called the Flehmen response, which gathers pheromones and then transfers them to the vomoronasal organ whose opening is in the top of the mouth behind the front teeth.

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