Angry Hippo
This Hippo did not take to kindly to our arriving in his bay. Unfortunately when he charged the boat I missed the shots (too close and furious), so this will have to do.
Taken on Lake Kariba, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe 20th September 2010.
EOS 1D MkIV
F7.1, ISO 800, 1/1000
Last edited by Ken Watkins; 10-13-2010 at 11:29 AM.
Perfect Ken!
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
I wonder how that looked like when it charged the boat. However, this is pretty wild and I love it. Very powerful image.
Wow, great story telling here. beautiful light nicely done.
Gen
Powerful image, Ken. I'd level it, were it mine.
Excellent image Ken, what a powerful animal and beautiful light.
Ken - stunning shot. Great light, good action and very sharp. Definitely have to watch out for them while boating.
TFS,
Rachel
Crisp colors and light! All it needs is a trunk and would equal a juvenile elephant :D
It's a coincidence that I just finished watching a documentary on Crocs and Hippos and their individual aggressiveness. And they did show a couple of hippo charges!!
Thanks for sharing!
Shreyas
One of the best hippo shots I've seen. Excellent clarity. Well done.
Thanks very much for all of the kind comments, but I think the Hippo should get it for putting on a fine show this certainly was not one of those threat yawns.
I have never seen anything like it and whereas I am extremely dissapointed to miss the "real" action, I am happy to get this and a few others.
Does it still need a little rotation?
Ken,
A big congrats! I like this image a lot. Typically we dont see a hippo standing "tall" in water. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi
WOW.. great moment captured well done.. congrats
Big time congrats for this , My new fav from your TZ trip
TFS
Originally Posted by Harshad Barve
This was from Zimbabwe;)
OUCH , Bad habit of not reading carefully BTW now I can say my new FAV from Zimbabwe
Still a cool image Ken. :cool:
Killer image Ken. Great pose and excellent light.
Awesome!!! A dream image for sure!
Hi Ken,
I have absolutely nothing to add. I think everybody else used all the phrases I would have chosen to say this is awesome!
Great light and action! Maybe just a little rotation.
Ken,
Spectacular, certainly one of the best hippo images I have had the pleasure of viewing.
Best,
Chas
Thanks to all for the amazingly supportive comments.
It was certainly right place, right time, right Hippo.
Superb opportunity here and well used. I only see one image and it needs some rotation.
This is superb...The pose is great and I like the warm light...I like the portrait crop, would be interesting to see a landscape crop as well...But this works nicely....I think a 1-2 Degree CCW rotation to level waterline but otherwise a top class image.
Dumay,
Thanks for that, I think I corrected the rotation before it was posted on the website for Rhino Safari Camp
http://www.rhinosafaricamp.com/the_camp/index.html
My favourite camp in all Africa, not expensive, not crowded, great food and good friends.
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