Posted by Bob Johnson on November 29, 2012 at 6:52 PM
Another shot from Ndutu in March this year
I have cropped to 60% of the original and warmed it up for impact for use in my talks. The high ISO and shutter speed is down to the poor light and my paranoid fear of not getting a sharp shot.
We were following this cheetah mum and her four cubs when she started to take an interest in some thomson gazelles and got the cubs out of sight in some thick grass. It was at this stage that I set the mk4 for a high shutter speed. This was my seventh trip to Ndutu and my first ever potential cheetah kill so I was not about to blow it by trying 1/2000. She actually took off away from us and I got a sequence of 25 small in the frame but surprisingly sharp shots as she chased down and caught the young tommy.
She had the gazelle in her mouth and started to head back to the cubs. As she got closer to us she saw another young tommy and leaped off after it dropping the first one as shown in my pic. This was the first frame and I was pleased to have reacted so quickly. I got another three frames as she headed straight for us and caught the tommy by our back wheel as I just looked down in amazement. The good news was that the first tommy actually recovered and ran off to its mum
1dmk4 500 f4 ISO 2000 f4 1/5000 bean bag on safari truck roof
Bob
Posted by keith mitchell on November 30, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Bob bet it was great to witness all that action and you have finished with a shot that you should be very proud of,i do like the way it kicked up the dust aand it's striking pose to start the chase.
Wonderful experience, well captured. Reminds me of life BC (Before Child) and a near miss hunt in South Africa
All the best
Ian
Posted by John Robinson on November 30, 2012 at 5:33 PM
Missed this for some reason Bob( forgot to press button)
Not done any safari stuff- must be great. This looks fine to me- The viewer can almost feel the energy in the animal.
Good stuff. Maybe a teeny bit more contrast ?
We have these in the safari park down the road but they feed on beef burghers !
JR
Posted by Phil Ellard on December 1, 2012 at 7:50 AM
Your TIFF looked punchier, i feel it has lost a bit in low res, but still a cracker
Posted by Barry Southon on December 1, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Bob
An absolute cracker, that full strech all action instant very well captured, a pleasure to view.
Posted by Nick Mckeown on December 1, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Stunning action shot Bob...print it LARGE Sir!!
Nick.
Posted by Neil Burton on December 4, 2012 at 4:31 AM
Top shot Bob!
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 5, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Great action on this one, Bob. You would have thought that instinct would make sure of the kill before the second hunt took place.
Discussion
8 repliesI have cropped to 60% of the original and warmed it up for impact for use in my talks. The high ISO and shutter speed is down to the poor light and my paranoid fear of not getting a sharp shot.
We were following this cheetah mum and her four cubs when she started to take an interest in some thomson gazelles and got the cubs out of sight in some thick grass. It was at this stage that I set the mk4 for a high shutter speed. This was my seventh trip to Ndutu and my first ever potential cheetah kill so I was not about to blow it by trying 1/2000. She actually took off away from us and I got a sequence of 25 small in the frame but surprisingly sharp shots as she chased down and caught the young tommy.
She had the gazelle in her mouth and started to head back to the cubs. As she got closer to us she saw another young tommy and leaped off after it dropping the first one as shown in my pic. This was the first frame and I was pleased to have reacted so quickly. I got another three frames as she headed straight for us and caught the tommy by our back wheel as I just looked down in amazement. The good news was that the first tommy actually recovered and ran off to its mum
1dmk4 500 f4 ISO 2000 f4 1/5000 bean bag on safari truck roof
Bob
Keith.
All the best
Ian
Not done any safari stuff- must be great. This looks fine to me- The viewer can almost feel the energy in the animal.
Good stuff. Maybe a teeny bit more contrast ?
We have these in the safari park down the road but they feed on beef burghers !
JR
An absolute cracker, that full strech all action instant very well captured, a pleasure to view.
Nick.
Great action on this one, Bob. You would have thought that instinct would make sure of the kill before the second hunt took place.
Andy...