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    Ken Watkins
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    After standing off for the hunt and capture we rushed down to see the ensuing struggle.

    The Gnu was successfully throttled within 3 minutes

    EOS 1D MkIII

    70-200mm at 200mm

    F5.6, ISO 800, 1/5000

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    Ken - I like the pano comp and the action is interesting though I do wish for a slight head turn from the standing lioness or that she was at least looking at the action. I am curious about the settings though - I would have stopped down a bit to get more dof especially with 1/5000 as ss. You could have easily gone to f8 or higher.

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    Rachel,

    Thanks for your comment, the position of the rear lioness is what you would expect more from a Cheetah coalition with one watching out for incoming raiders, unless there were males in the area no rel need I would have thought.
    The DOF seems OK on the subjects for me I see no real need for more detail in the BG, but that is all down to taste

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    I do like the lioness standing guard but any chance you could have got lower or was this from the roof of a jeep? Would have been nice to have gone lower and wider.

    As for the image posted, the details looks good and no nits from me apart from the shutter speed being a little high.

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    Jamie,

    Thanks for your comment, I was as low as I could get i. e. on the floor of an open vehicle just above the side panel, no getting out in this situation

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    Nice behavior capture. The gnu's legs up in the air add a lot to the story here.
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