Taken in Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana, 11th March 2009
EOS1D MkIII
500mm F4 IS hand-held
F6.3, ISO 800, 1/4000, EV + 1/3rd
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Taken in Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana, 11th March 2009
EOS1D MkIII
500mm F4 IS hand-held
F6.3, ISO 800, 1/4000, EV + 1/3rd
That is some seriously cool stuff. The wasp is amazing and your timing was perfect. Did you fire a burst or see this moment coming and get it? Love the careful framing/cropping in the lower right corner. The BKGR looks a bit funky and I am confused by the choice of ISO 800 (with the 1/4000 shutter speed).
Hi Art,
Not perfect timing just a burst or many bursts! You are not the only one confused by the ISO choice, it had been extremely dull earlier in the day and when this opportunity came up I forgot to lower it I think 400 would have been better. Can you explain what you mean by funky?
Hi Ken
This is a great image! I hope you don't mind - I played around with it a bit. I selectively blurred the background to make it smoother and I increased the mid-tone contrast to give it more pop. Hope you like it:)
Lovely repost Chris. Great composition and the wasp puts it over the top. Congratulations Ken.
Good catch.
Mark
Great capture for both of you Ken. Very well timed to show the catch between the beak.
