Baby rhino portrait

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Well, not really a baby anymore, but a young white rhinoceros still with its mother. Image made in the Khama Rhino Sanctuary in Botswana just when the sun disappeared behind the horizon.

Camera Model Canon EOS 40D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.5
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 500.0 mm
Image Size 3888x2592, full frame
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Color Temperature(5200K)
Rice bag on rock

Vincent Grafhorst

vincent@khwaiphotography.com

Another rhino image: http://www.khwaiphotography.com/photo_1858790.html (http://www.khwaiphotography.com/photo_1858790.html)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really love the color,light and details,nice work Vincent!!!

[Dean Ingwersen]

Hi Vincent,

Beautiful BG, light and subject. Well captured. If it were mine (and I wish it was;)) I'd be tempted to clone out the grass which comes in from the right and goes across the body. Great work.

[Mike Tracy]

Hi Vincent,

Beautiful BG, light and subject. Well captured. If it were mine (and I wish it was;)) I'd be tempted to clone out the grass which comes in from the right and goes across the body. Great work.

Ditto on the errant grass. Otherwise, nothing to add except I find a lot of things to like about it. You are so fortunate to have this varied subject material before you.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. I like the colours.

[Robert Amoruso]

Such wonderful soft light, the pink sky in the BG, soft grass in the FG all combine for a nice portrait. I agree on the suggestion to clone the grass. The positioning of him in the frame and decision to go vertical are perfect.

[DanWalters]

Great light and detail in the rhino. Really like the pink sky and the low angle.