It's rare to find a hippo out of the water during the day and I was especially pleased when he then decided to yawn. 40D, 100-400 L IS, ISO 320, 7.1, 1/320.
Great subject, pose, yawn, and head angle. Light mediocre, BKGR distracting... It looks as if the face and head could use some selective sharpening.
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Why f7.1? The Hippo is kind of parallel to the focus plane. f5.6 would have isolated the subject better and the background would have become more out of focus.