Coming at You

[Ken Watkins]

A Gnu leaping into the Mara River,15th September 2007.

EOS 1D MkIIn

500mm F4 bean bag from window of game viewing vehicle.

F5.6, ISO400, 1/3200

Not to sure about the shadow bottom RH corner?

[Harshad Barve]

this is some action shot Ken , all legs airborne works very well here
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[DanWalters]

Great action! Like that little splash of water in the lower corner.

[Todd Frost]

Nice image, love the mid air pose. Don't mind the shadow. Nice and sharp. Well done.
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Todd

[Stu Bowie]

This works for me Ken, and very well done on capturing something different. I like the light and colours. The splash from another gnu adds to the image.

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - I agree with the others. Good action well captured and I don't mind the shadow.

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Rachel

[Andrew Merwin]

Great isolation of the Gnu. I like the mud on the front hooves & the spread RF hoof of the Gnu. The BG allows the critter to stand out. Well captured. I am totally ok with the shadow.

[Gary Hamilton]

Beautiful action captured here. It seems to convey the sense of instinct overcoming fear--either jump right in or languish on the wrong side of the river. Shadow not a problem for me.

[Marc Mol]

Well depicted action image Ken, with the light well handled here. PLUS both eyes visible! well done sir :cool:
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[Steve Canuel]

Nice timing. Shadow's not too big of an issue but it would be interesting to compare a version with it lightened up a bit. The bank looks pretty steep here, how far did he have to jump?

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to everybody for your kind comments, I am in the extremely slow process of tidying up, and found this possibility only yesterday. This was one of the many RAW images I "lost" following a terrible back up session, but I still had the TIFF.

Steve,

They certainly sometimes leap from a long way up, in this case I am not to sure on height. I tried lightening the shadow a bit but it did not seem to do much.

Marc,

You have a great memory, two eyes indeed:)