Black Springbok

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 25, 201663 views3 comments

This unusual animal occurs naturally, but is sometimes bred for the benefit of the hunting community, another colour for your wall?
This one lives in Mokala National Park, South Africa (no hunting)
EOS 1D MkII
200-400 mm F4 at 526 mm
F6.3
ISO 400
1/500

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 26, 2016 at 9:15 AM

Hi Ken,

I was aware of this sub-species but had never seen a photo of one...interesting. Have you ever seen the white sub-species?

Tough lighting here...seems like the white patches on the larger "standard" form are a bit blown out (and tug at the eyes a little)...might be worth pulling down those highlights a little (if you haven't already done so).

Thanks for sharing this one...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on June 26, 2016 at 9:37 AM

Very interesting color version. Had not seen a photo of a black one before. Agree the highlights in the adult do distract a bit, but not too much. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 27, 2016 at 9:15 AM

I have never seen a white one, but I know they exist, I did try darkening the blown whites but it did not work well, I do have a "better" one. Which I will share later.

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments