Black Backed Jackal

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A Jackal looks for his opportunity to feed at a Giraffe kill @ Ruaha.
5D III
100-400 II @ 300mm
1/500
f/5
ISO 800

[Morkel Erasmus]

A scrawny fella!
Nice pose and soft tones here.
Was it cropped from horizontal?

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - My first thought was the same as Morkel's - that's a skinny jackal. Nice comp and colors. The head looks a little oversharpened and crunchy to me.

TFS,
Rachel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Morkel, this was shot vertical, but needed some rotation to make it level so lost a good bit on either side. Also, went for a 9:16 crop as he was a lanky fellow.

[Basil Dardagan]

Ditto the strange shape ! Nice intent stare adds something

[haseeb badar]

Hi Sanjeev -- Nice soft colours , i too feel it is a bit oversharpened at the head area . Nice and simple image though ,. TFS !