Wild Dog chasing down a Scrub Hare Pt2

[Marc Mol]

The alpha male from the Sosian 11 Wild Dog pack doing his best superman impression, whilst chasing down a Scrub Hare.
08.36am Cropped 40%

D3s 500VR 1/1250s ISO200@f/4 Sosian ranch, Loisaba, Nth Kenya Oct 2010

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[Steve Kaluski]

This is almost surreal Marc, great capture, perfect timing, great position. Having the shadow is the bonus element for me.

TFS
Steve

[Ken Watkins]

Marc,

You lucky person (polite), what a joy to see this let alone get a pin sharp image. An entry for endangered animals methinks!

[Rachel Hollander]

Marc - I agree with the others, this is simply a great capture. Btw I would call it "No Need to Fear, Underdog Is Here" after the flying cartoon dog.

Well done and TFS,
Rachel

[Robert Amoruso]

Great job capturing the peak of action. Shadow is really cool addition.

[Harshad Barve]

This is your entry in BBC next year
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

all has been said Marc. top pose, top timing and above all, top shadow :)

agree on reserving this one as an entry for next year's big one...

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Marc
Well done with even getting the camera onto these fast-moving creatures. This is by far the strongest image of the 3 you have posted so far. Great action shot. I agree with others above about the shadow too.
I have just one tech question..what was the reason for you to be on iso200 with your D3s?
cheers
Grant

[Marc Mol]

Thanks Grant.

I have just one tech question..what was the reason for you to be on iso200 with your D3s?
cheers
Grant

That's a good question, one I don't know myself,:confused:..... as for most of my 4 weeks in Kenya/Tanz it started at ISO400.

BTW. just received my Africa Geo B&B mag, with your Jungle Gym article.......amazing images of that Leopard 20M up that Jackalberry tree!!

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Marc, glad you saw the article in Birds and Birding. Those pics werent too difficult to take, nothing was moving too fast..it was quite something to see though.
I am undecided as to which dog pic I like best out of number 2 and number 3, both are pretty powerful.
Looking forward to more from your trip..
cheers
Grant