My Hat

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 14, 2017208 views9 comments

Many antelope dress up in foliage I have no idea why, but presume that it is to impress females?
This Oryx posed nicely on the open plains in Deception Valley, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana (before the earthquake)
EOS 1DX mk II
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 ex at 420 mm
F 6.3
ISO 1600
1/400

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on April 14, 2017 at 5:21 AM

Nice one Ken. Like our Red Deer do it in the rut.
(Wondered where you'd gone)
John

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on April 14, 2017 at 9:12 AM

Interesting, Ken. I have seen American elk do the same thing.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on April 14, 2017 at 11:06 AM

Very cool, many deer species do that.
A touch more room at the bottom as well as top would help.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 14, 2017 at 9:11 PM

Interesting shot, well executed, Ken. Thumbs up.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 17, 2017 at 10:54 AM

Thanks everybody for your kind and helpful comments

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on April 21, 2017 at 1:17 PM

Wow, amazing image! Looks like he's trying to impersonate a lion. Congrats on the WP!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 22, 2017 at 3:03 AM

Thanks very much for the Editors Pick, very much appreciated devil

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 24, 2017 at 1:09 AM

Nice shot!
Interesting behavior - I wonder if it is just that those horns snag everything in sight?
Fine detail, interesting BG
A great WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 24, 2017 at 3:15 AM

Sandy,
Gathering material for the "hat" is a deliberate act. devil

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