Kgalagadi dawn

[Chris van Rooyen]

I made this image during a trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park last year. I was lucky to have a herd of springbok grazing on the dune crest just as the sun rose through some low-lying clouds. I opted for a pano crop, and removed one distracting animal on the extreme left for a more more balanced composition. Comments and critiques welcome, as always, and thanks for looking.

Camera Model: NIKON D5
Shutter speed: 1/1250 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 1800
Focal length: 500mm

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A very nice pano here with sweet sunrise glow in the BG. Almost has a HDR kinda of image with good detail. TFS.

[John Mack]

Love the color in that sky. Nice size herd as well. Works well as a pano.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice indeed, colours and "atmosphere" look absolutely beautiful, the pano crop was a good idea. A very pleasing image.