Lean on Me

[Ken Watkins]

This rather "fresh"youngster had to ask for support from Mum on a regular basis. Taken at Hapoor Dam, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, 18th April 2012

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 hand-held

F5.6, ISO 800, 1/3200

[Dumay de Boulle]

This is a really special image, the side light works beautifully in this story....Lovely stuff Ken!

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - I agree with Dumay. Nice sense of intimacy, side lighting works well. One of your best recent images.

TFS,
Rachel

[Sid Garige]

Excellent timing Ken. Very nice comp and like the interaction.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Ken ,
love the whole image as presented.So no technical jargon needed:w3.

Cheers Andreas

[Morkel Erasmus]

Awesome...that is really a "fresh" one - I've yet to see one this young in the wild. Gotta love the Addo open spaces (in places, hate the Spekboom thickets!) :bg3:

[Harshad Barve]

This is gorgeous image Ken , loved every pixel of it
TFS

[dankearl]

Awesome and very sweet image, Ken.
5 stars from me.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks everybody for your kind comments, they are much appreciated.
It was a great sighting for us we spotted the herd arriving from quite a distance and spotted the youngster tottering around (Canon Binoculars).
So we just waited for them to get nearer around 2 hours, so right place, right time. patience and light were the main contributors to this shot.

[gail bisson]

WOW! Your patience definitely paid off. It is so hard to get a nice clear view of a baby and you nailed it.
Gail

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Super image Ken, the little guy is so cute, love his pose, sharpness of both mother and baby.

[Grady Weed]

Now this is a mighty fine image of momma and calf. Very nice Ken!

[Jay Gould]

PATIENCE - what an important word/concept in photography (and lots of other pursuits too!). Wonderful image; I'll get down there someday!

[Ken Watkins]

PATIENCE - what an important word/concept in photography (and lots of other pursuits too!).

I certainly agree with that!