Grace of the grasslands

[saleeltambe]

This image is from Velavadar, Gujrat - India. Its a beautiful grassland habitat and I was there one of the late afternoons when the setting sun was splashing some wonderful yellow-golden-orange light around.
This Male Blackbuk was showing off its full grace - a typical charactristic glory of antelopes.

Canon 40D, 500mm+1.4x, ISO 400, 1/1000 f5.6 , -1/3, Gitzo tripod and Wimberly II head.

[David Fletcher]

Gorgeous and beautiful light in this. Like the pose and "heads up", although not sure the crop choice with no room for virtual legs. Still, as presented, a gorgeous specimen. :)

[Robert Amoruso]

Beautiful animal and the horns have great detail. A few suggestions; even though the grass is obscuring the legs, for this comp, including them would have improved the image; I would have tried +2/3 to perhaps a +1 stop more light as the shadows are very dark and the soft light makes it look like the whites would not clip; and a head and antler portrait would have been good too.

[Nate Chappell]

Great pose on this beautiful male, I didn't realize how long their horns were! I agree on more room on the bottom.:cool:

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful image Saleel , I guess you dont have space in bottom , If this was mine , I may crop it above your signature.
TFS

[Austin Thomas]

Very nice Saleel, especially the eye contact.

Nits have already been covered above.

tfs

Austin