After the Roaring

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 18, 2017119 views6 comments

Here is Bhubezi easing his throat after the hectic early morning roar, taken just as the sun had risen.
Taken at Kennedy 2 waterhole, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
EOS 1DX Mk II
200-400 mm F4 at 366 mm
F 6.3
ISO 1600
1/1250

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 18, 2017 at 10:26 AM

Great subject beautiful light n wonderful reflection, what more you could ask for ?
BTW looking at the ripples in the water, I think the frame needs some rotation.

Jagdeep Rajput devil

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 19, 2017 at 5:43 PM

That is a really nice reflection in the period of golden light! Well done. To my quick check, the reflection looks like it is true vertical...

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on September 22, 2017 at 11:16 AM

Ken: great light, subject and composition. Congrats! Richard

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 23, 2017 at 4:11 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments, with regard to the possibility of rotation the image was not amended as it looked relatively straight to the top of the slope leading down to the waterhole.

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on September 25, 2017 at 11:17 PM

Love the lighting, the reflection and the muscular frame of the male. Regarding the question of rotation, I think it looks ok to me. Whenever you have an image with the water line stretching diagonally in the frame, it looks a bit tricky. It appears that the image needs rotation in such cases, but you will need to look at how the ripples in the water are parallel to the bottom edge of the frame.

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on October 2, 2017 at 5:38 PM

Wow ! what a nice reflection in great light

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