Red Lechwe

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 29, 201480 views8 comments

This fine male is in his natural habitat, the wet!
Taken in Moremi Game reserve Botswana
EOS 1D MkIV
500mm F4
F8
ISO 1000
1/400

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on October 29, 2014 at 7:53 AM

Beautiful capture of this beautiful antelope. His color and the color of the background are great and complimentary. My only nit is the OOF grass in front of him. Not a deal breaker by any means. Well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on October 29, 2014 at 11:02 AM

A very handsome animal and one I've never seen. His natural color and the green background work very well together. My only suggestion would be to tone down the oof reeds in the central right. It's a beauty nonetheless. Richard

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 30, 2014 at 3:39 AM

Jerry and Richard,
Thanks very much, "pesky grass" is the curse for all of us

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on October 30, 2014 at 5:38 PM

Ken I do like the light on this, wading beast adds to this fine image.

Keith.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on October 31, 2014 at 2:18 AM

Wonderful image, Ken! I love the contrast in tones and sharpness between your subject and his surroundings. Great overall colour palette and I think perfect comp. Some might ask for a bit more space above, but this feels right to my eye.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on October 31, 2014 at 9:41 AM

Hi Ken,

For me this is one of the most pleasing images you've posted here. I think a minor decrease in exposure - accompanied by a slight bump in contrast - would make this one sing.

Brad

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 31, 2014 at 10:26 AM

Thanks for the further comments, it is interesting to see the differing comments regarding colour and contrast.
I generally like to process to retain as much of what there was ( or what I remember) rather than change too much.
On this trip to Moremi it was rather wet (cars stuck everywhere) and the light was rather dull

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 31, 2014 at 10:05 PM

Really LOVE this one Ken...the subtle colors, position of the Lechwe...basically everything. Top notch work! Great as posted.

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