Captured this image in March 2016 while on trip to Trinidad and Tobago. We were on a ranch photographing several different species of birds on a bright hazy day, and all the while there was a small herd of fenced in Cape Buffalo that seemed very curious about our presence.
As we walked along the road between pastures, Bill Dix and I calmly noted that one or two Cape Buffalo was standing up ahead of us on our side of the fence. We were getting some great poses and takeoffs of a pair of Savanna Hawks, as were heard Bill's wife,
Joanne calling us to get back. It's clear in this image the CB was sizing us up, and though I wanted to stay a bit longer, it seemed a better idea to start back to the car. He appears to be young to me. C&C welcome.
D4S, Nikon 500mm + 1.4TC, 1/2500 f 7.1, ISO 5000, Gitzo tripod.
Hi Geoffrey - Interesting to know they are raising Cape Buffalo in Trinidad. He's definitely giving you a bit of attitude. He's a bit too centered for my taste and I would have gone vertical to minimize the man-made elements. I tend to look for more tonal range in my black and white images and the ones I choose to convert. Is this a large crop because the buffalo doesn't seem to have much detail?
He's a bit too centered for my taste and I would have gone vertical to minimize the man-made elements. I tend to look for more tonal range in my black and white images and the ones I choose to convert. Is this a large crop because the buffalo doesn't seem to have much detail?
Hi Rachel,
I thought by leaving him close to center in this instance, was more impactful. As I mentioned, it was a bright hazy day and possibly in the B&W conversion working with the color sliders in NIK SEP, could have been refined further. About a 20% crop.
Hi Geoffrey, I might loose some space from the RHS and take the subject off centre. Having the two fence posts so dominate/prominent may work better portrait, tighter and so they flank/hold the subject 'in place', so to speak. Going to a B/W toned medium may have worked better if the environment was more 'natural', however the two posts are highlighted even more so, and as presented I find the posts & fencing too distracted, colour version might be better? Choosing to go to B/W is a totally different way of thinking and as presented the tonal range is thin and lacking any real punch & drama. Like the low POV, for me thats the best part, very good call. Techs look good and nice to see a Nikon guy pushing the ISO too.
Cape Buffalo (C)
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