wildebeest kalahari

[peter delaney]

wildebeest running to waterhole ,early morning , kalahari....

D3 200-400 vr , wimberely head,car bracket. iso 800 f4 @ 1/500.

minor raw and PS work . flip and cropped.

[Peter Buntman]

Outstanding Peter, This say's Africa all over it and so well taken, the dust movement and the red setting makes this just perfect

[Steve Ashton]

As Peter mentions this image just is Africa......Stunning

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Peter,
Very nice and great mood. 2 things............on my monitor looks a little dark.......will be interesting to see if others see it dark. #2.........CCW rotation of about 1.5 degrees.........as it looks leaning right. These are easy and minor fixes and I love the overall look and feel,
Roman

[Van Hilliard]

A beautiful photo that says Kalahari perfectly. Great color and mood.

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent image Peter...:) Like the slogan from Nikon..."AT THE HEART OF THE IMAGE"
Congrats...:D

[Steve Mandel]

Wow, agree with others, you capture the essence.

Steve

[Grady Weed]

It is a very stunning image. Africa! But it does seem a bit dark and needs the rotation. Perhaps just a matter of tastes. Visually however, stunning! Well done.

[Fabs Forns]

Superb setup and impression, big congrats!

[David Steele]

Evocative the Kalahari, Peter, and reminds me how I miss it. A lovely image that would be enhanced with a little rotation and brightening.

[David Steele]

This illustates what I'm talking about, Peter. It just took a couple of minutes.

[peter delaney]

Thanks to everyone for your encouraging remarks/comments....

David and Roman .I agree totally about rotation and lightening I realized after I posted the image....must pay more attention in PP. I have reposted with your observations thanks again for taking time out to comment....

David thinks its time for you to plan a trip back to SA....at least the Kalahari hasnt changed.....:)

[Krijn Trimbos]

Beautiful shot Peter! The repost is awesome. The only thing that leaves me with some questions is the stuff in the BG, not that I don't like it but I can't really make heads or tails of it.....Are those dust clouds or just normal clouds or bushes. In any case gorgeously done! Congrats

[peter delaney]

Thanks Krijin you are very kind....

the ''stuff '' in the BG is OOF Blue Pea bushes which look like puffs of dust / clouds with some nice light on them...

[David Steele]

Rest assured I'll get back to the Kalahari as soon as is possible, Peter, but the life of an expat is very difficult with four week's leave a year and lots of family to see. Meanwhile, you and all the South African guys on BPN are doing a great job of keeping me in touch with my perfect mistress! There have been some wonderful Kalahari raptor shots just recently as well. I think it was the late, great Leslie Brown who said the Nossob Valley of the Kalahari is the best place in Africa to see raptors. . . .

[Mike Tracy]

I was going to mention the same things Mr. Steele did before I read through the post.

Other than those minor tweaks this image is very strong.

[Bob Ettinger]

Love the image and the repost being lighter makes it perfect

[Valerio Tarone]

Hi Peter I've been Kalagadi tr. park it will always be in my mind and my haerth. I like this kind of images, very'african' very red, dust, the blurring gives sense of moving!

[peter delaney]

many thanks Mike.Bob,and Valerio......much appreciated

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost made this already great image even better. I really like the mood and light. Thanks for sharing.

[Robert Amoruso]

I like the repost. A great looking image. The dust and the light make for a lot of excitement in this image.

[peter delaney]

thanks Axel and Robert... very kind..

[Chris Dodds]

Wow,
The re-post is stunning!

[peter delaney]

thanks Chris....