Turning the Tables

[Morkel Erasmus]

This was a scene we witnessed in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park early in January of this year.
A feisty springbok ewe was protecting her newborn fawn against some sneaky jackals.

To see the whole story, check out my blog post.


Techs:
Nikon D5
Nikkor 400mm f2.8G VR
1.4x teleconverter
f5.6 | 1/1250 SS | ISO-450

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great shot, I like it very much. Love the action and dust in the air.
I wonder if the darker tones are just a little too heavy, I think I would be tempted to adjust the colour balance a little.

[greg cowle]

Great action shot. I like that you kept the action small in the frame, as the dust adds so much to the scene.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A wonderful scene and great action Morkel. The pose, the dust and the chase are just awesome. Loved it.

[Jay Shah]

Very nice frame. Also think title is so apt.

[Marc Mol]

A cracker of a story telling image Morkel, the dust and lowered horns are well depicted

Jackals can at times have a rather nasty side to them, excellent blog as well.

TFS

[John Mack]

Neat to see the tables turned. Like all the dirt kicking up. Is this full frame or cropped?

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Morkel - This works quite well with lots of action. The kicked up dust definitely adds but I do find my eye drawn to the brighter sand a few feet in front of the action. Jackals seem to always find a bit of trouble.

TFS,
Rachel

[Basil Dardagan]

Lovely action packed image ! All that dust and sand flying take it up a notch

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Morkel , lovely action and the poses of both are great , the kicked up dust adds to the dynamic look of the frame .
I am with Jon on the heavy dark tones ....but maybe just a personal pref at times .

TFS Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Morkel, I wondered when you might post this.

The pano crop works well with the encounter and the trail of dust amplifies the speed and chase well. You had truck loads of ISO to play with, why not go to 1/2500 or 1/3200 to really freeze the capture?

TFS
Steve

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks for viewing and commenting, folks.

You had truck loads of ISO to play with, why not go to 1/2500 or 1/3200 to really freeze the capture?

I honestly don't know .
I am happy with how everything was frozen, though.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Neat to see the tables turned. Like all the dirt kicking up. Is this full frame or cropped?

John, close to FF on either side, but cropped from top and bottom.