Meecat on the Run
This is a wild yet habituated colony in the Makgadikgadi Pans. We spent a whole day with them. It was difficult to get them standing still as they were always on the run, looking for food. Nikon D3s 70-200VRII taken at 280mm. 1/125sec at F10, -0.3Ev ISO200.
Last edited by Vivaldo Damilano; 01-31-2011 at 01:18 PM.
What with Steve C, Hilary and now yourself Vivaldo, within the past 24hrs there are some fantastic images being posted here and certainly the content, quality and overall photography is raising the bar.
This one is is simply perfect IMHO, a real pleasure to look and view, would love to have this one myself.
Big congrats.
TFS
Steve
Last edited by Steve Kaluski; 01-31-2011 at 01:07 PM.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Very nice Vivaldo. Nice exposure and just the right amount of motion blur but sharp where it needs it. Would love to have this in my files as well.
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Todd
Superb image Vivaldo! Not the usual Meerkat-standing-on-2-legs pose, this gives a lot of character to the image of these swift creature. Great background, sharpness at the right place. Absolutely love it!
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Shreyas
Nice action and I like the blur in the image. Great job in keeping the eye sharp as well.
Extremely well done. A very pleasing blur. Curious as to what the white line is across the rear hip and if it is an artifact or from the blur. If possible, you might consider fixing it.
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Rachel
This is really wonderful, you've captured so much of the meerkat which makes it unique and kept the eye clear and sharp. Love the colours and the tonal range of the image.
One question … you've used the 70-200 at 280? Is this a misprint or did you have a convertor on.
I love it too but have to admit that I would take just a tap of yellow out of it, but thats just personal taste great job!
Vivaldo,
Definitely not a "run of the mil"l Suricate shot
I agree with Rachel on running a fix on the white streak on body looks very weird close up, but is preseumably grass?
Did you selectively sharpen the head?
Thanks for all comments and suggestions. I will relook at the image later, the lines are most proberly caused by sun reflection and sharpening made the streaks look worse. I would say that the streaks are both grass and on the meercats body. Ken I did apply selective sharpening on the meercats head
agree with Steve - some quality shots being posted and this is no exception Vivaldo! awesome...sharp where it needs to be (although a wee bit oversharpened on the head)
congrats, wish it was mine!
Awesome sharp head and motion blur ia brilliant...Nicely done Vivaldo
Very effective! Slow SS works very well in here. Would define the catchlight a bit more.
Thanks for all comments appreciatedHilary I used a converter on the 70-200.
Wow, perfect head sharpness, tail up and front feet off the ground. You can't ask for more. Well done.
Excellent shot Vivaldo. One of the best (and sharpest) panning animal shots I've seen. Well done
Thanks for comments and suggestions. Here is a re-post, hope this one looks better
Last edited by Vivaldo Damilano; 02-02-2011 at 01:03 PM.
Awesome image
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