Life's an adventure

[Hilary Hann]

We had just watched the sun rise and were moving onto other things when we found the black rhino cow and her two calves from the previous day. She had moved into the hills and scrub. We watched her for a short while and when she moved behind the bushes we drove on. As we passed her bush we found that she hadn't moved quite as far as we thought and she charged straight at us. I had been photographing her from some distance and didn't have time to pick up the 5D or the other lens, this was the best I could do. Personally, I think she was invading our space!
Full frame, 7D; 100-400 @ 100; ISO1600; f11; 1/640

[Robert Amoruso]

Hilary,

At first I thought why so tight and the acute light angle but your explanation clarifies that.

I think in a dispute over whose space is being evaded, the rhino might win.

[Steve Kaluski]

A little cluttered for me Hilary and quite a departure from the last two postings.

Personally, I think she was invading our space!

That's OK, as rules go Hilary, BTW are you going to tell the Rhino?

TFS
Steve

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Hilary, this image goes well with the story, and shows that you stayed calm under pressure, very important for photographing big game
TFS
Grant

[Grant Atkinson]

Hilary, on a more serious note, if it were mine I would crop from the rhs and top, as that would emphasize the colour and texture of the rhinos skin, as well as the menacing shape of the horn, and emphasize how close she was. I do think that the bits of dark tree trunk directly behind the top of the horn are distracting.
cheers
Grant

[Hilary Hann]

Thanks everyone, good suggestions Grant.

Steve, mixing them up just to see what works for others. One can get too close to the memories with ones own photos!

[Rachel Hollander]

Hilary - that looks like a big horn. Grant's suggestions are good but I wonder if you can crop effectively without losing the length of the horn which is part of what makes this shot interesting. Good job keeping your cool and getting the shot with the excitement of the charge.

TFS,
Rachel

[Hilary Hann]

Thanks Rachel. I think I could do some cropping without losing the horn but I have a better photo showing her horn so will post that soon and see what merits it has (photographically).

[Harshad Barve]

Gotta love this , terrific shooting angle here
TFS