Well, we are back from an amazing trip. Most of you know where I went, but for the sake of sticking to our policy concerning rhino posts I will not mention the name here.
We had a mixed bag of the odd awesome sighting coupled with many quiet days...but in among the awesome sightings was a giraffe being taken down by lions right next to me, and this one.
We has literally just stopped at a waterhole in a beautiful woodland setting when this black rhino mom and her young one appeared from the mopanis. It was a stormy afternoon, and they drank and hung around for about 30 minutes which was very special. The ground is naturally undulating and rocky here so I didn't bother with rotation given the lack of more room on the RHS.
Techs:
Nikon D800
Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f4.0 | 1/320 SS | ISO-900
Very slight crop
Own nits:
1. I wish I had more to the RHS. I have frames that have room, but sharpness suffered (1/320 on 500mm is tricky for the massive D800 sensor).
2. I could have stopped down but I was shooting at f8 and f5.6 up to this point and tried opening up for a more pleasing background here. Both are quite sharp on the high res file with mum being a wee bit sharper.
I'll try and catch up on some of the great photos posted here in my absence soon!![]()









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................sorry for the digression.

