Springbok Portrait

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks ... moving to Botswana .
This shot was taken in Nxai Pan NP in Botswana ... at the only active water hole when i was there . So that meant for Anette and me ... stay and wait for animals to come for drink .
So i got the chance for this close up of the bokkie .
I tried for some time when nobody else was around to go low by sitting right next to the car .... all shots came out badly . Due to the heat haze ... i had stunning low POV shots of bookies , antelopes and elephants ...... all need to go to the bin . The worst came out with the 500 + 2x converter . In real time i did not realise the haze . Hope i learned that lesson

Canon EOS 1Dx II
EF 500 IS L II + 1,4 TC
Bean bag
Full frame

F 8 ; Iso 800 ; 1/2500 sec ; man exp and Auto Iso

Processed with DPP 4 and PSCC 2019

Thanks for looking and commenting to my previous posting .

Cheers Andreas

[haseeb badar]

Hi Andreas -- As for the heat haze experience I too had a similar one with a Tiger going for a low pov but realised afterwards how badly heat haze has affected the image, though it was slightly better but the one with the wild dogs back in India turned out to be horrendous. Now I try to get as close as possible to overcome the heat haze.

Coming to the image, I really liked the details and the nice clean bkg which is enhancing this image. Lighitng seems harsh but you have done exceedingly well both on and off the field to achieve this nice portrait. Its so easy to blow the whites in such lighting but no problem here.

nicely done.

TFS !

[John Mack]

Really like this portrait. Nice detail and the framing is right on. The light looks light it wasn't ideal but you handled it well.

[Steve Kaluski]

Clean and simple Andreas.

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Haseeb ; Jon and Steve for your comments , much appreciated .
Cheers Andreas

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Andreas,

Neat portrait of this bokkie and good framing, background is great. I especially like the detail on the horns. Before I read your intro I was thinking perhaps you captured this in Etosha... must be the light

Such a pity about the heat haze, I too have deleted many images for this reason in the past. Nevertheless I am sure you brought home lots of wonderful images, so let us see some more!

Thank you so much for sharing,

Kind regards,

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Gabriela thanks for your comment .... much appreciated .
Never had it that badly with the heat haze ... but no wonder normally never went that low from the shooting angle POV in africa around late morning / early afternoon .

Cheers Andreas