Young Male Roan

[Ken Watkins]

My continual search for Roan was slightly satisfied at Ngwesla, but I still need something far better than this.

Taken on Ngweshla Plains, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 1st July 2010, 16.52 (not much of a sunset:()

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held from vehicle

F6.3, ISO 800, 1/800

Some gardening undertaken on sticks.

[Marc Mol]

Sure beats anything I have Ken! Nice soft light, eye contact and good fur detail with Oxpecker bonus, would crop a touch off from RHS.
TFS

[Harshad Barve]

Love the pose of animal here
excellent details and compo works for me , ,
TFS

ps what a good looking animal this is

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful composition and such a wonderful view of life in the wild. Superb pose and excellent detail Ken. Love this.

[Morkel Erasmus]

a rare antelope that keeps eluding me Ken...nice portrait here, I like the pose and the soft light

[Alfred Forns]

Nailed this one Ken Just as presented for me Soft light, sharp and one good looking specimen !!!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Ken,
Nice eye contact of and with a rare antelope. I like the oxpecker on top of it. The image looks sharps. Thanks for sharing. I would like to see one shot with detailed habitat in focus so that it gives us an idea.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - i like this very much. I have not yet seen a Roan in the wild.

TFS,
Rachel

[Stephen Earle]

Good sharpness here Ken, as well as a great bg and nice filtered light. I would also take some of the right.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, I think a little more off the RHS will work well.

There is no doubt that Roan are not the most abundant animal and are generally very shy.

The best place we have ever been to for sighting Roan is Kafue, but nowadays it has become very expensive unless you self-drive.

I still cannot make up my mind whether Sable or Roan is the nicest Antelope in Southern Africa, both are extremely beautiful as well as majestic.

[Egil Droge]

Sure beats anything I have. Maybe try Nyika?
I vote for Sable (never seen one in the wild :( ).