Storm Crossing

[Roman Kurywczak]

This was one of those moments you never forget as a photographer......as this storm approached the herd decided to cross Lake Ndutu. The light actually got better as the herd approached but wanted to capture the entire herd in the landscape to give a sense of scale.
Canon 1D Mark lll with the 100-400mm lens at 105mm at f8 and 1/640 sec and ISO 800.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Roman....Love the soft light and composition! Big Congrats on this one!

[denise ippolito]

Roman, Beautiful soft colors. I love the way the herd is zig-zagged.:)

[Morkel Erasmus]

Roman - man - can't begin to tell you how much I love this one. The sense of place, the brooding storm, the formation of the gnu, the flamingos at the back. Dangit I need to get to Kenya/Tanzania! :)

To my eye it looks like it will benefit from a very slight CW rotation - maybe because the flamingo flock tips it a little in aesthetic balance for me as it makes the water line appear skew.

[Kobus Tollig]

Like this Well done. Nice comp. Agree with Morkel on rotation

[Connie Mier]

Great moment captured, the sharp contrast of the herd against the water and background is brilliant, very well executed. I know it's lined up with the edge of the water on the left, but my eyes want it rotated slightly CW.
Connie

[Harshad Barve]

WOW !!!!!! What a sight Roman , liked the compo and lighting here ,
Terrific image
TFS

[Dave Mills]

Roman, Interesting "s" formation formed by the animals along with a view the terrain and an angry sky.Good habitat and animal behavior image...

[Robert Amoruso]

The s-curve pattern of the herd makes this image.

[Nick Palmieri]

This one really works for me. Also love the S-curve and love that the image gives you a real feel for the area. I kinda get the feeling the rain is coming from the distant sky and chasing the heard across the river. Nice job!

[Dave Leroy]

Yes, it does look like a mystical moment.
Well captured.
Zig zag is great.

I also like how the animal herd has a bit more contrast as compared to bg.

[Katherine Enns]

Roman, this is fantastic! terrific bend in the herd there, makes you wonder why they changed course a couple of times and if the guys at the back are wondering how come Bob cant seem to make up his mind!

The sky seems to push the gnus across the water, the image is very brooding to me, and it kinda makes me nervous. Love it.

kat

[A_Maddah]

Hi Roman
Nice moment.beautiful image.Serious congrats!
TFS

Asad

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

Great S curve, awesome image

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow, great capture this Bhai.. the setting is sure magic