Sable Hurdling #3

[Marc Mol]

Ooops....wrong category.
Sorry, should have read Sable Hurdling #3 (moderators, feel free to change this in thread subject & thumbnail)

Young female? Sable hurdling a stream with fleeing Red-billed Oxpeckers.
Moremi GR- Botswana.
D3 500VR 1/750s ISO200@f/4

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

http://africaddict.smugmug.com/Nature/Botswana-Sept-2009/D317562a/660279402_6yCuG-XL.jpg

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Looks like the proverbial unicorn. Nicely caught in mid air. Don't they wade through the streams? My eyes wander to those small birds due to the positioning of the birds in the frame. I would crop the hint of green at the top right corner. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Ken Watkins]

Marc,

Judging by the length of the horns, I would think it is not that young, given the colour I would think it is Female, but I'll bow to Dicks expertise?

Great shot, by the way, I suppose it proves that high water levels are not all bad.

[David Fletcher]

Another fabulous shot Marc. good sequence here and well worth staying the course. Very well done.

[Robert Amoruso]

Good capture of the peak of action Marc. Agree with Saby on cropping out the upper right green grass.

[Marc Mol]

Appreciate the comments guys.

Repost here:

http://africaddict.smugmug.com/Nature/Botswana-Sept-2009/D317562a/660279402_6yCuG-XL-1.jpg

[Ed Cordes]

Great action and detail. i can't decide about the presence of the birds. Kind of adds to the action in one respect. However, I do tend to look there a lot so it takes away from the main subject.

[Morkel Erasmus]

you nailed these Marc - great sighting and well captured...

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful action, the birds provide a nice scale reference!

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

[QUOTE=Sabyasachi Patra;369874]Looks like the proverbial unicorn. Nicely caught in mid air. Don't they wade through the streams?

I would not wade streams with those big crocs.

Nice capture Marc. I like the birds going one way and the Sable the other

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Marc, Ive really enjoyed your Sable series. I agree, a younger Sable also has a lighter coat than a fully grown male. Cheers.

[Harshad Barve]

another super shot , lovely pose and raised hairs on back
TFS