Hyena

[Dumay de Boulle]

This was taken in the Kruger National Park. This Hyena was checking out a 2 Buffalo kills that had been made by 3 young male Lions. He was staring intently waiting and hoping for his turn. There were loads of vultures and a few Jackals waiting in the wings as well.

Shot in JPEG (before I started shooting in RAW)
CS4
f5.6
1/640
ISO500
Canon 50D
Sigma 150-500 HSM EX DG OS @ 198mm

[Roman Kurywczak]

Nice portrait Dumay! Considering it's a jpeg.....pretty good detail also....you just lost a touch under the snout. Nice job isolating the BG too....my favorite part is the missing chunk of ear!

[Morkel Erasmus]

I like the detail Dumay, especially in the eye!

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image with nice BG
TFS

[Steve Canuel]

That's the same look I've seen on my dog's face when I'm eating a steak :). Nice detail, color, and BG.

[Tom Graham]

V nice.
We've been to Kruger three times and love it, the self drive/explore. Do you have a favorite area? (For those who not familar, Kruger is huge, size of our state New Jersey)
Tom

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Dumay,
Nice composition. I like the nicely diffused background. Look forward to more.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dumay, this works for me. Good detail throughout, and what a killer BG. Well captured.