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Marc Mol
11-24-2009, 07:01 AM
Baboons hate getting their feet wet.
Captured this image in conjunction with the Sable crossing images I submitted a few weeks ago here:
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=48267
The sable were crossing west to east and the baboons the opposite direction, it was very comical to watch this baboon troop in their clumsy attempts to navigate this water channel!
Moremi Game Reserve- Botswana Sept 09
D3 500VR 1/750s ISO200@f/4.

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

http://africaddict.smugmug.com/Nature/Botswana-Sept-2009/D317573a/715812940_BVspf-XL.jpg
David Fletcher
11-24-2009, 12:39 PM
Nice one Marc. Faultless timing. Remember those Sable.... Done well with this site. Good stuff
Steve Kaluski
11-24-2009, 02:34 PM
Marc, Baboons never like to get wet at the best of times and this illustrates this very well. The image does look as if it has a slight yellow/green cast, but perhaps that's my laptop? it might be nice to see this in B/W perhaps?

Steve
Robert Amoruso
11-24-2009, 07:15 PM
Well done Marc. Only thing that might improve this is if you were more left and got a better frontal-side view. Great job capturing him over the water and good positions on the arms, legs and tail.


I am posting from a laptop in a car so limiting my review to the composition.
Stu Bowie
11-25-2009, 12:57 AM
Hey Marc, cant forget this crossing with your Sable. Very well timed to capture the baboon in midair, and in the middle of the water.
Harshad Barve
11-25-2009, 01:35 AM
Hi Marc
Beautifuly done , lovely image
TFS
Jamie Douglas
11-25-2009, 01:49 AM
Did he make it? Love the dof and the sharp focus on the subject along with the bank he jumped from and the bank where hopefully he ended up.
Ken Watkins
11-25-2009, 02:23 AM
Marc,

Quiet safari indeed!, a very good action capture, a better head angle would have taken this a lot further.
Morkel Erasmus
11-25-2009, 05:13 AM
you sure had a great time at this channel :)
from his angle, approach and trajectory I would postulate that he eventually got more than his feet wet...
Marc Mol
11-25-2009, 05:42 AM
you sure had a great time at this channel :)
from his angle, approach and trajectory I would postulate that he eventually got more than his feet wet...

You were certainly paying attention in Physics class.........................correct!;)
Morkel Erasmus
11-25-2009, 05:59 AM
You were certainly paying attention in Physics class.........................correct!;)

more like Logic 101...if you'd caught him at the launch of the jump it would be a Physics 101 equation ;):D
Marc Mol
11-26-2009, 12:57 AM
Great capture again Marc and it indeed looks like he got a full bath on the other end.

Thanks Peter.



How long did you stand here ?

I suppose we would have stayed here entertaining ourselves for nearly an hour.



Sables going from left to right, baboons jumping back ... is this a place often used to cross/jump ?

Not really sure Peter, but it sure was on this morning.;)
Narayan Pai
11-27-2009, 03:18 AM
nice timing and capture
Charles Glatzer
11-28-2009, 06:08 PM
Way cool pic with excellent detail, timing, and exposure.

Best,

Chas