Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending June 1st, 2012: Andreas Liedmann - Having fun!!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations Andreas!!!

Good morning .this time something different,photographed this leopard tortoises while they were mating.the noise that came out of that male,was daily loud for such a small animal.Location was Addo Elephant NP (SA)
Hope you like it.

EOS 1D Mark II
EF 100 - 400 at 340 mm
window bracket

Full frame f5,0 /1/160sec /ISO 200

processed in ACR 7 + PS CS6

C&C as usual most welcome

Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Seems you are on a roll Andreas, congratulations.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Steve do not know if it is roll i am on, but i am quite happy to achieve the IOTW in here a second time, maybe a rookie bonus!?
And specially you watch the equipment i used , on this one. So solution would be , no need of 1DX so quickly . LOL !!!

Thanks to all the guys who voted for my image.
Cheers Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Andreas, it's the person behind the camera that makes the image, the camera just helps.

[Ken Watkins]

Andreas,

Thoroughly deserved this is what I said in the original thread
"This is in all honesty probably the best tortoise image I have ever seen"

and I am sticking to it.

[Davidwilliams]

excellent capture and light to dream of in dark old UK

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Ken - thank you for your nice words , i do not know if it is the way you describe it,but i like this image ,too.
Thanks David - at least today should be fine weather .

[Andrew Merwin]

Congratulations Andreas. This unique image is very deserving of IOW.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Andrew.!!