Dancing rhino

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 23, 201678 views3 comments

It has been a while since I have posted but it is because I think I lacked anything interesting. After my 1 month trip in Nepal though, that won't be a problem.

While in Nepal with my father (Gary Yeoh, one of the other NPN members) we made a short stop over in Chitwan national park after our trek. As he has explained, Chitwan is a success story for rhinos as their population has increased so much that they are now being exported to other national parks. While we saw many rhinos throughout our time in Chitwan, it was usually of the back side. Interesting but I prefer the front. Just as we were finishing the day, this curious rhino wandered onto the road giving us a chance to snap a frontal view. I have seen some photos that he has posted of his rhino but here is mine.

Canon 7dmkii
Canon 1.4TC and 70-200mm f4
@280mm f5.6 1/500sec ISO 1250
Processed with lightroom and photoshop (cropped a bit)

Comments and critique more than welcome.

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 24, 2016 at 2:14 AM

Christopher,
Great smile here!

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

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 25, 2016 at 11:06 AM

Lighting conditions look challenging in managing contrast and I see some lost highlight here and there. Hopefully this is a raw capture, allowing you to optimally process both shadow and highlight. That said, I appreciate the front facial view, too! It is especially good that you managed a nicely lighted eye. The stem of grass in mouth is a nice touch, as is the lifted front leg. I am a little drawn to the odd out of focus detail behind the head and wonder if some careful selective post processing might improve that. Thanks for posting!

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Christopher Yeoh on November 26, 2016 at 3:02 PM

Thanks very much for the feedback. It is very helpful! I have decided to clone out those stray pieces of grass and put in your other suggestions.

Thanks again!

Registered on February 2, 2016, 4 Posts, 16 Comments