Sable hurdler!

[Marc Mol]

One from the archives and ties in with my trip tomorrow, I did post the Ram if I remember some 9 years ago now.

8.10am and a sub adult male Sable hurdles a stream with a trio of fleeing Red-billed Ox-pecker passengers.
I leave tomorrow chasing Sable, WD and cats big & small for 16 nights @ our part owned bushcamp in Moremi/Vumbura- Botswana, so until then.


Moremi- Botswana.

Slight crop to pano, curves, levels, TK adj's in ACR & PS CC'18

Nikon D3
Nikkor 500 f/4VR
1/750s .........this still works and got away with it this time, but more S/S would have benefitted for sure
f/4
ISO 200
1400px wide

Cheers
Marc

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Marc,

Whew, quite a leap from this handsome sable, well captured!
Love the composition and rich colours. Agree with you on SS, but really not bad for nine years ago... around that time I was still shooting everything with ISO 400 at F5.6

Hope you have a wonderful time in Botswana, travel safely and bring back lots of awesome images!

Kind regards,

[John Mack]

Neat frame. Like the grasses and the birds of course. That is a big leap. The composition works for me.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Marc - I like the way the oxpeckers are flying in the opposite direction. Nice timing on the jump. Yes, you needed a bit more ss and I also wish it was angled slightly forward rather than away. I hope you have lots of great sightings in good light on your trip.

TFS,
Rachel

[Marc Mol]

I also wish it was angled slightly forward rather than away.

Any further forward and I would have been in the drink Rachel.

Yes, on the opposite side would be ideal, but rarely do we live in that world when shooting wildlife.

[Rachel Hollander]

Yes, on the opposite side would be ideal, but rarely do we live in that world when shooting wildlife.

But that's what keeps us going back again and again - the quest for the perfect image!

[haseeb badar]

Hi Marc -- Lovely colour palette and excellent timing to capture the jump. The ox peckers are adding to the scene .

I too feel that a bit more ss would have helped here and totally agree that nothing comes easy and perfect in wildlife , the quest must go on .

Nicely done. TFS !


All the very best for Botswana , will wait for the images.

[Basil Dardagan]

A sable leaping over a body of water is an image I would LOVE to have. Great timing

[Jonathan Ashton]

Terrific image Marc, and those oxpeckers too! One to be proud of, like everyone else I wish I had an image like that! I think I would try a little lifting of the shadows around the eye and neck, this could easily be overdone but I think a slight lift especially around the eye would help.