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Just a wonderful moment to saviour, let alone capture Morkel, well done indeed.
The cutoff off pup is unfortunate and would have loved a slightly better HA showing an eye from the adult, all in an ideal world of course but shouldn't detract too much overall.
Very envious here as these pups are very young indeed, I'm guessing only 3 weeks old and perhaps as you say venturing out for the very first time, an honour indeed to witness. 
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Thanks Marc! Agree, in a perfect world there would have been some slight compositional benefits, but as you can imagine this whole sighting was pretty chaotic. 14 adults and 17 pups!

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Marc Mol
I'm guessing only 3 weeks old and perhaps as you say venturing out for the very first time, an honour indeed to witness.
TFS
Not perhaps, mate, we were there with the EWT field officer who monitors the entire greater Kruger metapopulation and had camera traps set up and daily visits to each den site in the area. The first time for sure
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Thanks Marc! Agree, in a perfect world there would have been some slight compositional benefits, but as you can imagine this whole sighting was pretty chaotic. 14 adults and 17 pups!
Not perhaps, mate, we were there with the EWT field officer who monitors the entire greater Kruger metapopulation and had camera traps set up and daily visits to each den site in the area. The first time for sure

Totally, I should have worded that better, my perhaps was more pertaining to the age of the pups, and thought that this was in Mana as well, my apologies mate
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Marc Mol
Totally, I should have worded that better, my
perhaps was more pertaining to the age of the pups, and thought that this was in Mana as well, my apologies mate

No worries 
Should have stated where it was in caption eh
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Hi Morkel -- What a special moment and scene . Indeed you were lucky but you made your own luck by being there on the field . I loved the scene, not sure of the composition though as far as the half body of the extreme RHS cub . Hard luck on the Final round of Judging , though I am sure you had other images also in the Final round which might have been selected .
TFS !
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Hi Morkel - A treat to get a clear view of these pups at such a young age. Well captured and processed. Yes, too bad about the partial pup but nothing you could do. Nice dof to have mom and pups sharp. It all just comes together nicely.
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Rachel
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Morkel looks like mum is keeping a sharp eye on these pups to see if they are all getting there share,agree about the right hand pup but it would be lovely if we got everything we would like all the time.really enjoyed viewing this one.
Keith.
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Good evening Morkeltjie,
This goes straight to my heart! Love the little chaps, what a privilege to see this. So glad you allowed Mom to be present in the frame, wonderful behavioural frame!
Good thinking there with F8, I won't complain about the framing because I understand the challenge given the number of WD at this sighting. Also, one cannot move the vehicle up and down to look for a better spot, it is of utmost importance to not disturb the scene, especially with such little fellows around:)
Just two questions: in retrospective, would you up the ISO to get more SS, maybe increase DOF as well, or you think it would not make a difference? Have you thought about a slightly tighter crop from the RHS?
Really enjoyed viewing and I thank you so much for this post, a rare moment in time, very special - appreciate you sharing
Warmest regards,
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