This Roan Antelope decided to drink from the almost dry waterhole at Ngweshla rather than the full one, normal for this oddly behaved animal, taken in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 2nd September 2011
EOS 1D MkIV
500mm F4 IS hand-held
F7.1, ISO 800, 1/640
Dove deliberately left in
12-03-2011, 11:50 AM
Rachel Hollander
Ken - nice golden light and I like the muddy hooves. Seems to not have a lot of detail in the face, maybe because of the coloring and the shadow. I'm not sure if you could bring out more but it might be worth a try.
TFS,
Rachel
12-03-2011, 02:51 PM
Steve Canuel
A nice simple portrait in some nice looking light, the raised hoof gives it a little extra.
12-03-2011, 09:44 PM
Marc Mol
Love the pose and muddy socks on this not often presented antelope Ken.
TFS
12-03-2011, 10:38 PM
Ken Watkins
Thanks everbody for your comments they are much appreciated.
For photographers, this antelope presents the same problem as Oryx, dark black fur surrounding the eye, thus making these two very difficult subjects unless the sun is on your side.
Close sightings are rare enough with good light rarer stilll.
12-04-2011, 02:06 PM
John Ippolito
Ken, the pose with lifted foot is very nice, as well as the light. The muddy socks are a great touch here. TFS
12-04-2011, 05:40 PM
Morkel Erasmus
Makes me green, Ken!
Great light, great eye (at least one!), great "socks", great open setting...
:cheers: