Andre Pretorius
04-17-2014, 01:31 PM
Captured this image just before sunrise on a rainy morning in Northern Kalahari. Light was almost non existent, pushed the D3S to 10 000 ISO to get enough SS for sharp image.
The family consisted of a mom and two cubs, male and female. We have been trying to locate them for 2 days, as the female has been vocalising around the vicinity of our camp at night. We enventually found the family unit at sunset relaxing in the cool, rainy end-of-day close to the waterhole. We hoped to find them in morning, and we did!
The cubs were in a playful mood and after drinking they moved off. We followed as they were moving, the one cub took a great deal of interest in his reflection( I presume) while staring in my lens. He was just over a metre away. The light was very low, therefore the big pupil size. (looks like he had some Dutch Cakes!):t3
Techs: Nikon D3S with 300F2,8
F5 with 1/500 sec
ISO 10 000
No NR done, only selective sharpening.
C&C welcome
Andre
The family consisted of a mom and two cubs, male and female. We have been trying to locate them for 2 days, as the female has been vocalising around the vicinity of our camp at night. We enventually found the family unit at sunset relaxing in the cool, rainy end-of-day close to the waterhole. We hoped to find them in morning, and we did!
The cubs were in a playful mood and after drinking they moved off. We followed as they were moving, the one cub took a great deal of interest in his reflection( I presume) while staring in my lens. He was just over a metre away. The light was very low, therefore the big pupil size. (looks like he had some Dutch Cakes!):t3
Techs: Nikon D3S with 300F2,8
F5 with 1/500 sec
ISO 10 000
No NR done, only selective sharpening.
C&C welcome
Andre