Yellow Mongoose

[Morkel Erasmus]

Another shot taken in the Kalahari. These blokes were quite active around our tents in one of the camps.

Techs:
Canon 40D with 100-400mm L IS USM
f5.6 @ 1/500 @ ISO-500
Exp +0.3

[Danny J Brown]

Very cool mongoose shot, Morkel. You handled that light coming in from the left well on both the highlight and shadow side. I bet this image conveys just what your eyes saw and I'm glad you didn't try to change that. I love the critter's eye, with that horizontal pupil and the fur detail is excellent. It would be nice to cut out some of that foreground blur but I can see where that would put you almost into a 1:1 AR as you have already gone to 8:10 or so to keep from going too high over the head. Nice shot!

[DanWalters]

Great eye contact! Like how you kept detail in the shadow area as well. The red sand also adds a nice splash of color.

[Harshad Barve]

First time for me Morkelbhai , lovely pose indeed
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Mork, great direct eye contact, and interesting shape of pupils they have.

[Betsie Storm]

Morkel, beautiful sidelighting with nice fur detail and sharpness. I have never noticed the pupil shape before:). I am always amazed how the soft light turns the red Kalahari sand into a soft pink.

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks so much for viewing and the kind comments everyone!!

[Steve Canuel]

I like the warm soft colors of this one and the head on eye contact is pretty sweet. Sharpness is good too.

[Morkel Erasmus]

appreciate it, Steve