Kudu Cow

[Stu Bowie]

I havent posted in wildlife for a while. Ive always enjoyed portraits of antelope, especially against clean BG's. This was captured in the Kruger National Park last year Oct.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/640
F/5.6
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held from the car.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Man this is great...The IQ you create in you animal images is what I wish I could achieve in mine. Its a notoriously difficult species to get a good image of...Magic stuff:cheers:

[Steve Kaluski]

Exceptional IQ here Stuart. :5:5:5 perfect DOF IMHO, very well process, colour looks spot on.

A pleasure to view.

TFS
Steve :w3

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Excellent Stuart, great close-up, just love those big ears and like the H/A TFS:cheers:

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Stuart, nice alert pose and excellent detail throughout, especially like the wet nose.

[gail bisson]

What a lovely portrait. The detail is great. No nits from me on this one. Excellent!
Gail

[Hilary Hann]

Fantastic, really love the tonal range and details.

[Steve Canuel]

Nicely done Stuart. Great colors and I really like the soft light. And congrats on the moderator position :cheers:

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback and comments everyone.

[Marc Mol]

Can only echo the above comments, killer BG and great use of this lens Stuart.
TFS

[Steve Kaluski]

Actually Stuart as Marc said, killer BG, however, I just wondered, have you added additional blur to the BG, as to get something like that I might have expected it from a fixed lens? Just curious as you keep getting me to dust my old lens down based on your postings, but that is as far as it goes. :bg3::bg3::bg3:

cheers
Steve

[Stu Bowie]

I just wondered, have you added additional blur to the BG,

cheers
Steve

Thanks Steve. The only work I did on the BG was a moderate NR using neat image. No additional burring applied. Here is the original BG without any NR applied. I think due to the BG being fairly distant, it was already nicely OOF.

[Steve Kaluski]

Cool Stu. :cheers:

Thanks for that, as I am very pleased to see you achieved it in camera rather than adding any PS affects.

It is the way to go. :w3

[Morkel Erasmus]

gorgeous portrait Stu...great IQ and pose showing those radar ears.
the 100-400 can give some good bokeh if the background is far enough removed from the subject :)

[Rachel Hollander]

Stuart - can only echo the above of great IQ and DOF. And congrats on the new position:cheers:

TFS,
Rachel

[Stu Bowie]

Steve, Mork, Rachel, thanks for the comments and feedback.

[Harshad Barve]

No one can use that 100-400 better than you , Top class image bhai
TFS