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Ken Watkins
12-09-2010, 09:36 AM
A Gnu leaping into the Mara River,15th September 2007.
EOS 1D MkIIn
500mm F4 bean bag from window of game viewing vehicle.
F5.6, ISO400, 1/3200
Not to sure about the shadow bottom RH corner?
Harshad Barve
12-09-2010, 09:57 AM
this is some action shot Ken , all legs airborne works very well here
TFS
DanWalters
12-09-2010, 10:48 AM
Great action! Like that little splash of water in the lower corner.
Todd Frost
12-09-2010, 12:01 PM
Nice image, love the mid air pose. Don't mind the shadow. Nice and sharp. Well done.
TFS
Todd
Stu Bowie
12-09-2010, 01:20 PM
This works for me Ken, and very well done on capturing something different. I like the light and colours. The splash from another gnu adds to the image.
Rachel Hollander
12-09-2010, 01:46 PM
Ken - I agree with the others. Good action well captured and I don't mind the shadow.
TFS,
Rachel
Andrew Merwin
12-09-2010, 01:54 PM
Great isolation of the Gnu. I like the mud on the front hooves & the spread RF hoof of the Gnu. The BG allows the critter to stand out. Well captured. I am totally ok with the shadow.
Gary Hamilton
12-09-2010, 06:25 PM
Beautiful action captured here. It seems to convey the sense of instinct overcoming fear--either jump right in or languish on the wrong side of the river. Shadow not a problem for me.
Marc Mol
12-09-2010, 06:45 PM
Well depicted action image Ken, with the light well handled here. PLUS both eyes visible! well done sir :cool:
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Steve Canuel
12-09-2010, 10:06 PM
Nice timing. Shadow's not too big of an issue but it would be interesting to compare a version with it lightened up a bit. The bank looks pretty steep here, how far did he have to jump?
Ken Watkins
12-10-2010, 01:59 AM
Thanks to everybody for your kind comments, I am in the extremely slow process of tidying up, and found this possibility only yesterday. This was one of the many RAW images I "lost" following a terrible back up session, but I still had the TIFF.
Steve,
They certainly sometimes leap from a long way up, in this case I am not to sure on height. I tried lightening the shadow a bit but it did not seem to do much.
Marc,
You have a great memory, two eyes indeed:)
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