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Coke's Hartebeest
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Coke's Hartebeest

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 30, 201557 views5 comments

Another different subspecies (ihave seen this one before) as to what the dufferences between the other subspecies and this on, I have to confess my eyes are not good enoughenlightened

Taken in North Mara Conservancy, Kenya.

EOS 1DX

200-400 mm F4 at 473 mm

F 5.6

ISO 1600

1/1250

PS the animal in the left background may look like a Rhino, but it must be a Zrbra.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 30, 2015 at 7:20 PM

Wonderful lighting and a great pose you caught here Ken.  I would crop it differently as for my tastes both of the oof antelope are too close to the edge of the frame.  If it was mine I would take some off the right and add some to the left if you have more space there.  Thanks for sharing, this is a new one for me.  devil

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 30, 2015 at 9:40 PM

Really nice image. Great look at this guy's eye and I like teh head turn. I agree with Nate's crop suggestion. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 1, 2015 at 4:56 AM

Nate & Jerry,

 

Thanks very muchdevil

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 1, 2015 at 10:59 PM

The low angle of light definitely moves this up a notch.  Cool/intriguing looking animal.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 3, 2015 at 3:27 AM

Thanks everybody, I think that the crop did not work as intendeddevil

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