Young Kudu Buck

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 10, 2014117 views8 comments

Here's a portrait of a young Kudu from Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, often the younger animals are more approachable than adults. Photographed from our safari vehicle. Almost full frame, just a small crop from the right.

Canon 5D3 500F4 1.4x 1/200 F7.1, iso 1250

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8 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 10, 2014 at 11:05 PM

Very nice portrait of this beautiful antelope. Great detail.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 11, 2014 at 8:05 AM

Nate,
I agree totally with Jerry's comments, very glad to see one of Africa's any beautiful antelope gracing this forum, Africa is so much more than predators

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 11, 2014 at 8:50 AM

Nice & sharp, LP looks great Nate.
Since it's centered, perhaps a standard frame with less up top would be an option you might explore as well..
It's a tough call though

Beautiful animal, well done

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 11, 2014 at 10:37 AM

Nice portrait, Nate. Having photographed many wild birds over the years as you have, I completely agree that youngsters are usually much more tolerant, not yet having gained the wisdom that "the most dangerous game" are homo sapiens.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 11, 2014 at 12:40 PM

Cute, Nate, and it's neat not to have the image dominated by the headgear. It gives a much better look at the face and those big ears. The oof branch on the left does keep trying to draw my attention.

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Comment posted by Marina Scarr on July 12, 2014 at 12:25 AM

Pleasing portrait.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on July 12, 2014 at 8:46 AM

hello nate

another well done capture with excellent detail. a beautiful and interesting character here

Bill

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 12, 2014 at 5:33 PM

hey Nate,

Nice! Love the tip of the tongue sticking out! I haven't seen these in "real life" myself, and find that white band stretching from eye-to-eye to be very striking. The white moustache and goatee are pretty cool too!

The techs on the subject itself seem real solid - and as others have said it definitely has nice detail. I am in agreement with Dennis about the OOF branch on the left doing its best to distract me...but little you could have done about that.

Cheers...

Brad

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