Moving Out

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 18, 2010144 views7 comments

This was taken on a Texas ranch. The Blackbuck does not like people getting close and this one was in full flite before I could get my camera set up.

Thanks for looking at my picture and for any comments.

50D
1/800
F8
ISO 100
FL 400
Heavy crop

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on April 18, 2010 at 11:14 PM

Nice action shot. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on April 19, 2010 at 6:01 AM

Nice shot, Jack! I like it.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on April 19, 2010 at 8:37 AM

An impressive action captured here.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on April 19, 2010 at 9:40 AM

Hi Jack,

Good timing on this exposure (and, a good job on the exposure - it would have been really easy to blow out the highlights in the whiter, lower portions of the blackbuck). I like your placement of the subject in the frame and there's no doubt it's running. I think the speed and running aspect of the subject would be even stronger if its legs were more outstretched (as opposed to all bunched together under the body), but I fully realize that capturing the legs of a running animal in just the right position is always a matter of simply luck (or a VERY fast frame rate, which at least increases the chances of getting a more full array of leg positions).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on April 19, 2010 at 1:02 PM

Very good action shot here Jack.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on April 19, 2010 at 2:35 PM

Excellent action shot Jack; this really conveys the sense of speed, despite that you froze the action with a high SS. Good job on the exposure indeed!. As for the leg pose; I find that both a streched out leg pose and the pose you have captured can work; you could even present it in a sequence with different leg positions (that is if you managed to get several consecutive frames).

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 20, 2010 at 7:32 PM

Impressive job with getting the exposure just right, Jack.

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