Not a 100% sure what this guy was doing. He was sniffing around a lot and his eyes were rolling around in his head. Lots of strange behavior. Not sure if he had been tagged by a snake or scorpion as the body was also behaving strangely. Another image taken on my Kruger trip in Jan 2010. Just reworking some of those images since my PP skills have improved a bit.
Canon 40D
Canon 70-200 f2.8
AV f2.8
TV 1/160
ISO 400
AWB
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac
Built in flash used
95% full frame...Crits appreciated
Nice composition. I like the diagonal branch, it provides a nice crossing line to the line of the neck. Interesting behavior you describe and I imagine if any animal could survive snake bites and scorpion stings, it would be one of these guys.
Good strong diagonal line to enhance the composition. Like seeing the small bit of leaf in his mount. Good detail and overall very nice image. Hope he recovered.