Golden African Forest

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 8, 2014201 views7 comments

Trying to post some variety...spot the impala!
Where else but Mana Pools??

This is a pano-stitch comprised of 3 images shot at 500mm...wish I'd stopped down to f8 but the impala only stood like this for a few seconds!

This one needs to be seen larger than what I can show here...

Techs:
Nikon D3s
Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f5.6 | 1/400 SS | ISO-1250

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 8, 2014 at 7:53 PM

Lovely light and shadows. You have done an excellent job of portraying both the warm serene beauty of the treescape and the fleeting beauty of the impala. A fine work of art, Morkel!

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 8, 2014 at 8:04 PM

Simply beautiful. Makes me long to be there.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 9, 2014 at 4:20 PM

Hey Morkel,

Very nicely done, especially in terms of balancing out the exposure. And the size of that impala in the frame makes me think those are very large trees! I like how you kept all traces of the sky out of the frame. Unfortunately this really does need to be seen larger to fully appreciate (as you say), our online world just doesn't do justice to good 'scapes. Time for a 4k monitor?

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by William Bickle on June 9, 2014 at 5:05 PM

Hello Morkel

Great to see the Very interesting Environment here. Beautiful Light , thanks for sharing

Bill

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 9, 2014 at 11:13 PM

Two thumbs up, Morkel. Mano Pools does not disappoint, either! I like the composition you found with the angling trees.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on June 11, 2014 at 8:22 AM

Very thoughtfully captured, like it very much!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on June 11, 2014 at 11:54 PM

This is becoming a trademark Morkel shot, Morkel! I love the wildebeest image on the BBC diary, too!

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