Holding on...

[Morkel Erasmus]

Taken in the northern Kruger Park, December 2009.

I loved the point-of-view here and the conversion enhanced the detail. This is entirely full frame.

All comments most welcome!

Techs:
Nikon D300s with 200-400mm VR @ 400mm
f4.0 @ 1/200 SS @ ISO-800

[DanWalters]

Love the low angle and the eye contact. Also like the position of the right front foot.

[Sid Garige]

Love it Morkel. Great comp and b&w working great here.

[Harshad Barve]

liked the design of this image
TFS

[Todd Frost]

Eye contact is great, another nice b/w conversion.
TFS
Todd

[Ken Watkins]

Morkel,

Very nice indeeed, you just got that foot in.

[peter delaney]

I like the conversion it also helps from the road being too distracting. The SS gives a sense of movement...... for me the inclusion or partial inclusion of mothers head wud have made this a stronger image... visually my eye keeps hunting for the head..

[Stu Bowie]

Good eye contact from the youngster Mork, and he stands out well from the fur of the parent. Conversion looks good from here.

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks for the honest comments guys - Peter I wanted to frame a few others but they were past me in a flash :)

[Steve Canuel]

Great eye contact here. The curved feet and leg positions of the mom together with the hold on tight grasp of the baby gives a good sense of movement.

[John Ippolito]

Excellent, Morkel. The perspective is truly captivating, and the conversion works very well. Very nice!

[Rachel Hollander]

Morkel - love the eye contact and the conversion. I think it would also make a really strong image to crop the space from the lhs and just have the mother's legs framing the baby as a portrait.

TFS,
Rachel

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks very much guys

Rachel - will have a look at your crop suggestion :)

[Russell Johnson]

Great capture, Morkel.

Love the blend of sharpness and motion blur

[ken dyball]

Morkel, i think the crop works well here, certainly puts all the attention on the little guy, well done

BTW congrats on your HC not a easy task

[Danny J Brown]

Morkel,

You really make photography your "art" and you have done it again here with an odd but compelling perspective. Typically, I just try to get a nice, sharp shot of an animal but you take it a step farther. Good one for sure here.

DB

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks so much for the kind comments Danny, Russel & Ken...

Ken - "HC"? :)