Curious Wild Dog

[Grant Atkinson]

Canon 7D, Canon 70-200f4L, handheld. S/s 1/1250 at f/4.0, iso 500. Eval metering, Ai servo. No cropping, nothing removed. Darkened vegetation in places, also lightened side of dogs face in ACR6 and CS5. Location Chitabe camp, Botswana, December 2009.
All C and C welcome
Cheers
Grant

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Grant, an absolutely cracking POV, love the raised paw and inquisitive look, those ears are to die for.

Ideally having the whole dog in would have been great, but guess you don't have too much to play with on a shot like this. Would be tempted to tone down the white areas in the BG above the head. Again, colours look good but am viewing on laptop.

TFS
Steve

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic image!

[Grant Atkinson]

thanks Steve and Ofer, I have toned down the white sky a little already, though perhaps not enough. Steve, I was at 70mm so nowhere to go in terms of zoom.
thanks for commenting
cheers
Grant

[Rachel Hollander]

Wow Grant! Great POV. Not sure who was observing who here. Good use of vertical. Great paw position too.

Well done!

TFS,
Rachel

[Dumay de Boulle]

WOW Grant, this is my kind of image...Love the lighting and angle...Very special image indeed

[Grant Atkinson]

Thanks Rachel and Dumay for looking and commenting..one of my favourite animals..
cheers
Grant

[Grace Scalzo]

So much interest, Grant. Love the raised paw, eye contact and of course the ears. Love it.

[Robert Amoruso]

Great POV on this one Grant. I would suggest more crop on the left so that the "V" section of BG where the hind quarter is bent is cropped out.

[Pieter de Waal]

Good image all round with the low angle and raised foot adding to the curious expression of the dog, nicely captured Grant.

[Morkel Erasmus]

you know I love this one Grant...spectacular!
the dog commands so much attention here, IMHO the bright parts of the sky don't even come into play...

[Hilary Hann]

Agree with previous comments, one fantastic wild dog portrait. Well done.

[Marc Mol]

Says everything about the inquisitive nature of these superb predators Grant, a great perspective indeed.
TFS

[Grant Atkinson]

Thanks Morkel, Marc, Grace and Pieter, glad you liked the shot. Robert, I tried out your suggestion and I feel that though it does remove that slightly distracting shape of the hind leg, for me it tremoving the leg takes away from the dogs 'poised' stance. Thanks for commenting everybody.
cheers
Grant

[Grant Atkinson]

Thanks for commenting Hilary...
cheers
Grant

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantatic shot Grant, no faults found, just awesome stuff, brilliantly captured

[Stephen Earle]

I'm a big fan of in your face images so this works for me!

[Egil Droge]

Fantastic image! Tells a lot about the wild dog's inquisitive nature. Love the raised paw.