Touché!

[Callie de Wet]

Fighting oryx - gemsbok at a water hole along the Nossob Rd
Cropped a bit to left, top and bottom.
The birds are Burchell's Sandgrouse that were disturbed by the fighting.
D300, 200-400f4; ISO 800; 1/2000, 290 mm; F/8; -0,3 EV; 08h00AM; AP; Matrix
Selectively sharpened the fencers

[Ignacio Yufera]

Great action captured. I don't need to tell you about the harsh light, you managed that well, considering. Love the bonus of the sandgrouse, and the dust.

[Fabs Forns]

Fantastic action. Agree about the light and yoy handled the post preoccupying pretty well.

[Kiran Khanzode]

Nice action, the flying birds and dust makes this dynamic.

[Todd Frost]

Nice moment captured. Light handled pretty well. Well done. TFS
Todd

[Ken Watkins]

Great action image, harsh light is an almost constant problem in Southern Africa you just have to live with it.

[Marc Mol]

Lovely action depicted here Callie, inspite of the difficult lighting. The fleeing Sandgrouse really enhance this image.
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Callie, its amazing these guys dont do more damage whilst fighting. Great timing, and the sandgrouses certainly are scattering from the action. Well captured.

[Morkel Erasmus]

top shot Callie! love the sandgrouses and the oryx action.

2 things that bother me:
* the oryx details are once again a bit smooth here, and I feel they could be sharper
* there's a slight blue cast in the whites of the oryx - easily fixed...

:)

[Callie de Wet]

Thanks you all for the nice comments, Much appreciated. Now, if only we could tame the sun a bit on the harsh light . . .

[Steve Canuel]

Great interaction here. Just a few PP tweaks needed as mentioned above.