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Gallery: WildlifePosted October 15, 20051,947 views9 comments

Some of you probably remember this picture. You can find it in last NATURE’S BEST Photography – Winners 2005 Awards magazine in section Highly Honored –Wildlife, page 17.

george

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Comment posted by Jasper Doest on October 15, 2005 at 1:49 AM

Well George, I see why this got so far in the competition...excellent light on that qute little fellow. Only nit is the OOF twig which runs from the bottom left until center right... Could you provide a bit more information about the shooting situation...where did you photograph this and what equipment was used?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 371 Posts, 2101 Comments

Comment posted by Janet Bowden on October 15, 2005 at 3:23 AM

AWWWW! Way up there on the cute factor. I agree about the twig though, but I'm sure it can be pretty easily removed. Congratulations on it's sucsess

Janet

Registered on August 31, 2005, 62 Posts, 439 Comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on October 15, 2005 at 4:17 AM

Yep, I saw this one in NB magazine - congratulations! I agree on the oof branch being a pity, but that doesn't ruin an excellent shot. Very well done.

Registered on March 9, 2004, 285 Posts, 2277 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Ganz on October 15, 2005 at 6:06 AM

I saw this too...and recognized the name, but didn't remember seeing the shot. It is wonderful!

Congrats!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 339 Posts, 759 Comments

Comment posted by Josh Anderson on October 15, 2005 at 8:23 AM

Congratulations.

Registered on June 2, 2005, 493 Posts, 2996 Comments

Comment posted by renae sandberg on October 16, 2005 at 8:24 PM

Congrats on the win. What a beautiful face. I love this age when the eyes are still so blue. I just signed up for the mag, so this is the first I'm seeing this. Fantastic shot.

Registered on December 29, 2004, 313 Posts, 2476 Comments

Comment posted by George Kaczmarek on October 16, 2005 at 10:58 PM

The picture was taken close to Exeter Game Reserve in South Africa in February 2003 from open car with:
Kodak DSC 760
Lens: Nikkor 400mm f2.8
Shutter 1/125
Aperture f2.8
ISO 80
Focal length 400mm
Monopad

thank you for comments

george

Registered on January 8, 2004, 204 Posts, 122 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on October 20, 2005 at 6:50 AM

Wonderful capture. Congrats.

Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments

Comment posted by Jason DiMichele on October 23, 2005 at 2:26 AM

George,

Very precious. As Jasper mentioned, the out of focus twig is fairly distracting. I still love the shot though.

Cheers,
Jay

Ontario, Canada

Registered on October 6, 2005, 0 Posts, 63 Comments