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    4 African Wild Dog from a pack of 11 harass and escort a panicky hyena out of their area.

    This turned out to be a brilliant morning as we tracked this pack chasing & harassing Hyena on 3 different occassions, a family of Warthog and a very rare encounter with a small herd of Sable as they tried to isolate a small calf.

    Captured with the brilliant new Nikkor 500 PF lens, what a delight to use at about the size/weight of a 70-200 2.8, and sharp wide open.

    Bushman Plains, NG 12 concession- Botswana

    Bean bag front pax seat, 30% crop to pano, curves, levels, TK adj's in ACR & PS CC'19.

    Nikon D500 (eqv FL 750mm)
    Nikkor 500PF f/5.6E FL VR
    f/5.6
    1/1250s (1/2500s would be preferred, but overall quality still holds up nicely, IMO)
    ISO 360
    1400px wide

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    Hi Marc - I think you have posted images from a similar sighting before so you have good luck with the dogs and hyena. I like the interaction and that we can see the hyena's reaction to presumably getting nipped. I bet the sounds were amazing too. There is a slight magenta/purple cast to the kicked up dust that I would correct if it were mine.

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    Last edited by Rachel Hollander; 11-04-2018 at 08:45 AM. Reason: Realized new sighting due to lens

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    Like the title of this one. Sounds like a great experience. The action is nice and the look back pose from the hyena.

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    Thanks Rachel & John

    Quote Originally Posted by Rachel Hollander View Post
    Hi Marc - I think you have posted images from a similar sighting before so you have good luck with the dogs and hyena.

    TFS,
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    Yes, just saw your edit, ....a completely different sighting (that was in SSGR) Rachel, this was just a couple of weeks ago.


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    The image sure tells a story. I am glad the Hyena has turned to face the viewer, it makes so much difference to the image. Well captured Marc.

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    A good story it tells for sure. A few too many rear ends for me...

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    Hi Marc a nice overall action shot .... quite unique to see i guess .
    But agree with Greg ...too many butts for my taste .

    TFS Andreas

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    Great story here of an age-old rivalry. I am interested in that lens for sure, been keen to test it since its announcement.
    How about cropping more pano to focus more on the action and eliminate the effect of the BG treeline?
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    I love this shot Marc! The 'number of butts' make one feel that you're part of the pack, helping them to chase off this intruder. That feeling is strengthened by the agitated look-around by the hyena. Lovely shot!

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    Loved the action Marc and the expression on Hyena is priceless . The image appears a bit smooth to my eyes , is it a big crop ?

    TFS !

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    Thanks Haseeb

    Quote Originally Posted by haseeb badar View Post
    is it a big crop ?

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    The crop is 30% (as stated in my techs ) so not huge by any margin.


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    Great story and image. I think image as presented really works for me. Looking for image within image, I would crop more pano as Morkel suggested but also crop out dog on the LHS so that Hyena reaction gets full attention. It would be another interesting image.

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