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    I haven't had much time to participate the forum. Too much work is piled up after my trip to Namibia.
    Here is another one from Etosha. My heart jumped out when I saw this rhino walking towards us, since that was the firls rhino sighting of my life. Thanks for looking.

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    Impressive animal and I like the sidelight. I only wish that the rhino were a bit lower in the frame and that there was some more space between its back and the tree line. Good to see you back posting.
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    This is one species on high wish list in Africa , excellent image
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    you were very lucky to see this aggressive and elusive species of rhino, especially in the spate of recent poaching operations in Africa :(

    great light and detail here! I would just crop some off the bottom
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    Hi Lorant, I agree with the others re cropping a little from the bottom. However I like the light and texture on the animal, and the BG is pleasing too. You did pretty well to grab this considering that they are not always the easiest animals to photograph effectively, and this was your first sighting ever. Well done
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    Nice work Lorant. Dropping to one knee here would have given you a good head-on look and increase the power of the image.

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    Good shot and I agree about cropping. I doubt he could have done much better about getting lower as in Etosha you can't get out of the vehicle

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    Great capture of an endangered animal. I agree with the others about taking a little off the bottom. I would also crop or clone out the blueish patch in the trees at the very top.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Amoruso View Post
    Nice work Lorant. Dropping to one knee here would have given you a good head-on look and increase the power of the image.
    Thank you everyone for the comments. I agree totally with the cropping suggestion. I think I posted it too fast after work :-). Nice to see that even Artie commented. It is always a pleasure.

    Robert. It would heve been indeed very difficult to get lower. This Rhino came as close as 2 m to us. Even if I could have gotten out of the car it would have been pretty dangerous. My hart was beating hard enough seeing the image in my view finder.

    Morkel, it is horrible what is going on down there with the pouching. I hope there is something to do about it to stop all that.

    Thanks again everyone.

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    A great sighting and nice lighting.

    I would remove some from the bottom as well.

    tfs

    Austin

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    A Rhino in daylight in Etosha is a real rarity, I have only seen one once outside Okaukuejo waterhole, and that one ran away. Great light, I agree with cropping suggestion.

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