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    Default Butting heads at Lake Ndutu

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    While in N Tanzania for the month of December and I captured this match between two wildebeest bulls on the dry shore of Lake Ndutu. Though not quite satisfied with the IQ, I was happy to catch the drama. I think that the third, witnessing animal in the background intensifies the focus on the action. I cropped the image to about 40% of the original to better frame the action and cloned out a couple of partial, OOF animals in the LL and LR foreground.

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    Craig,
    You got some good action going. However, the light was not in your favour. I wish the sun were behind your back. That would have lit the three. The two fighters frame the other one in the back, but it's shadow side is facing you.

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    Wildebeest are a notoriously difficult subject, largely because of the darkness of their faces and their long eyelashes, getting a good eye is very rare. But at least they can be really good fun to watch.

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    Neat shot. Looks like quite the wrestling match. Wish the referee in the back was a little bit more to left of frame so we could see the entire nose.

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