Banded Mongoose

[Stephen Earle]

Canon 40D, 300 f2.8, ISO 640, 1/250, f3.2.

Photographed in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.

[Jim Poor]

Nice! I love the pose and the intensity along with the pleasant background.

It looks a little red to me, but I don't know the natural color of this critter.

[Phil Ertel]

I agree with Jim; nice pose, composition, and background. The open mouth makes this image for me. Well done.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice pose, BG and colors.
I think it's a bit too warm, but again, I wasn't there :)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great expression and your subject's isolation from the BG is perfect. :)

[Robert Amoruso]

Well done Stephen for all the reasons mentioned.

[Alfred Forns]

Agree on being a bit too red but love the image. Killer low angle, pose and open mouth just puts it over the top !! Big Congrats on this one !!!

[Stephen Earle]

Thx for the feedback everyone. I have to agree on the WB. Luckilly its easy to fix from the original RAW file.

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely low angle of capture Steven, and like the hint of DOF shown in the FG. Well done on getting the open mouth, and what a great sighting for the Pilanesberg. Congrats, I like this lots.

[Stephen Earle]

Thank you Stu.