Jackal stand-off

[Albert Froneman]

These two Black-backed Jackals fought over a feeding spot at a wildebeest carcass in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National park.

Camera Model: NIKON D3S
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 2200
Lens: 200-400mm f/4 VR

[peter delaney]

Hi Albert
excellent image in every respect from action ,techs and PP work.

beautiful , hope we get to see more of your work here...
peter

[Andrew Merwin]

I echo Peter's comments. An excellent image.
Andrew

[Peter Coskun]

Wow, talk about a sharp image! Love the interaction between the two. The image has a nice composition as well as the great poses.

[Harshad Barve]

terrific image in all respects , big congrats for this
TFS

[Todd Frost]

Echo the above comments and can only add that I wish it was in my files. Outstanding work. TFS
Todd

[Hilary Hann]

What a fantastic image, great pose, expression, background, pp excellent … no negatives at all from me.

Question - what time of day did you take the photo? Just wondering about the high ISO. Beautiful, look forward to seeing more.

[Morkel Erasmus]

awesome poses, techs, settings and exposure Albert. love it.

[Albert Froneman]

Thanks for the comments - I am glad you guys like it! Hilary - I choose a 2000th of a second to freeze any movement and the cloudy conditions resulted in the high ISO - BUT the D3s is more than capable to handle these high ISOs ;)

[Betsie Storm]

Well-captured pose Albert, love the colours, sharpness. Must have been a treat to watch. TFS.

[Mark Dumbleton]

This is stunning Albert. Awesome interaction and love the facial expressions. Great exposure and timing!