Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending Sept. 27th, 2013: Gabriela Plesea - Anything but boring

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations Gabriela!

Hello Dear BPN Friends,

I have missed the interaction and your comments and that excitement posting a new image brings!

We are back from yet another trip to the Kalahari with new lessons and many after-thoughts...In a nutshell, we were at first disappointed for not having the opportunity to spend time with our lions ( we often followed fresh spoor yet they eluded us every time) but we soon discovered joy in following, watching and photographing various other species. I would like to share with you just one example tonight, that being an image of springbok running. There are many more where this came from but I decided to work on all of them, so this is the first. It is not my best yet I find it extremely entertaining, hope you enjoy. Critique and comments always welcome, be it technical or otherwise. By the time the trip was over I managed to improve my technique of shooting these little guys as well as learnt a great deal about their behaviour. More to follow in the next few weeks/months

Nikon D3S
Nikon 500mm VR
F7.1
1/3200s

Used a bean bag this time around, I prefer the gimbal but the old support needs some changes...

Kind regards, enjoy the week-end,

[Rachel Hollander]

Congrats Gabriela, well deserved!

[Sandy Witvoet]

Congrats, Gabriela! Incredible action!

[Diane Miller]

Amazing action caught! Congratulations!

[Gabriela Plesea]

Thank you so much, I am thrilled to find this capture in "image of the week"

xxGabriela

[Steve Kaluski]

Congratulations Gabriella, well deserved.

[John Robinson]

Excellent.
Well worth it in my humble view,
JR

[keith mitchell]

Congratulations Gabriella it's a stunning image.

Keith.