Painted Pup Lineup

[Morkel Erasmus]

Not sure if I posted this frame from our amazing time at the painted dog puppy den last year?

Some very young Painted Dog (African Wild Dog) puppies emerge from their den at Ngala Private Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger Park area. This was last year, and apparently the pack is denning on the reserve again! To read the whole story, and see more photos, check out my blog post: http://bit.ly/DogDen


Techs:
Nikon D3s
Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f6.3 | 1/640 SS | ISO-1800

[Marc Mol]

What a lineup, love the low POV, one can already sense their individual personalities, very envious of this one mate, well done again :w3

TFS

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Morkel - Huge cuteness factor here. Great low pov and dof. The pups look a little more red than the youngsters I've seen so I might reduce the reds on them but you were there.

TFS,
Rachel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Mork, super cute pups and very nice low shooting angle. Nice details and head angles of all pups. TFS.

[Basil Dardagan]

Just special - what a privildge to witness and photograph this. Must have been a special feeling

[haseeb badar]

Hi Morkel -- Great stuff this is ! Would love to see these creatures in the wild some day . Your image just enhanced that desire . Well done on that low POV and getting them in the open .

TFS !

[Mike Poole]

Cuteness overload for sure here! The low POV is what makes the shot, and to get 3 of the 4 virtually on the focus plane shows nice timing.

Mike

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks folks
Rachel, these were quite "light" and reddish compared to other pups I've seen. Will tweak it and see if it works, though?