Hippo's Return

[Ken Watkins]

Hippos have returned to the Savute Channel:D:D

Here is one about 1km from where the channel flows into the marsh.

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 hand-held on foot

F5.0, ISO 800,1/800, EV +0.33

[Todd Frost]

Awesome pose captured here Ken. Exposure, sharpness and color look good. Very well done.
TFS
Todd

[Nancy Bell]

Great capture with that wide, wide open mouth showing the large, thick teeth. Can you say "AWWW"?

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - nice low POV, great pose. Well captured.

TFS,
Rachel

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to everybody for your comments. Will the Savute become a good and relatively inexpensive alternative to the overcrowded Delta?

[bridgena]

Awesome colour - lovely reflection too

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very nice detail and pose...I like the space around and the just off centre is the only cop I think would work in this situation...water splashes in the mouth add...if I was to say anything is a 1 degree CCW rotation...But not sure if that would be too much as it looks like it may just be a half a degree off...And some selective sharpening on the water in and around the mouth to add bit more sparkle to the water ( Really just nit picking)...I like the image as posted...Looks like this guy is quite old and been around for quite a while.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks Dumay, I quite liked this as well


Not very often you see a yawn as full as this let alone in what was relatively a desert until a few years ago.