Sunrise thirst quencher.

[Marc Mol]

06.51
An Impala ram quenches it's thirst, early sunrise on the Luangwa River, ever watchful of approaching crocs!
It's not often one gets a (near) still morning for water reflections, even the 500 can sometimes be put to use in an environmental setting.
In a perfect world would have loved not to have that secondary bank cutting into the head, legs reflection.

South Luangwa Nat Park- Zambia.


D4s 500 f/4 VR 1/6400s ISO800 f/5.6 -67.EV. Cropped a sand bar from the top, leaving a pano format. Bean bag from front pax seat, ACR/PS CC.

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Marc - beautiful light and I like the stillness of the morning. Nice to see you shooting some animalscapes from ground level too. I agree with your self-critique about the sandbar interrupting the reflection.

TFS,
Rachel

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Excellent shot perfectly reflecting the serenity of the early morning in nature, Marc! Makes me wish I was there!

[BenBotha]

A picture of tranquility! Techs-spot on. TFS.
Ben

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Marc I like the setting and comp. To bad this little "island" is just cutting the reflection. What a bummer.

Love the light, just wondering if you removed a bit on the backside of the "island" the Impala is standing!

Have a great eve

Ciao Anette

[Morkel Erasmus]

Simplicity wins here, mate! :cheers:
Agree on the sandbar, but not a deal-breaker and a very pleasing image.

[Charleen Ratcliff]

Dear Marc, even with the sandbar cutting the reflection, I like this image. It almost seems as though it is suspended in space; love the light on this.

A lovely image of one of most favourite places; TFS
Kind regards,
Charleen

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Marc, I like your comp, and the light isnt bad either. With the calmness of the water with the solitary Impala, this screams tranquility. Well captured.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Marc i really like this on all counts , the sandbar a very , very minor thing that is somehow distracting , but not a breaker at all for me . Nicely seen by the photog :wave:.

TFS Andreas

[Nancy Bell]

Love the composition of this! The totally uncluttered point of land stretching out into the blue gray void of water & sky makes a timeless statement to me. The single, sunlit impala is stunning for the single detail in this image.

[Edward Arthur]

The clarity, simplicity and sense of peaceful isolation totally works. Outstanding on all counts. :)

[Dumay de Boulle]

I like the idea here. The colours and light are great and the space around makes for an appealing image. I agree with your thoughts re the little island breaking up the reflection but how rare is it to get everything perfect and in our favour. nice one Marc.

[shane shacaluga]

One can look at this relaxing image for ages

Simple yet beautiful

Agree on the sandbar but still works perfectly as is

TFS