Missed their kill in the morning by around 10 minutes . In the evening they were around 300 mts away and the access road was blocked by park authorities . While the guide was clear he had to be back because of the rain and failing light , I had a gut feeling that the brothers would approach us . After a long wait of 20 minutes , the three brothers finally yielded and approached us . By that time there were around 40-50 safari vehicles lined up . Was lucky to get a good vantage point and get these beauties . Here , he was drying up cheetah style . I had to up the ISO considerably to compensate for the failing light .
Camera : 1D Mk III
Lens : 600mm f4 IS
Shutters : 1/640
Aperture : f 7.1
ISO : 3200
You captured the shake and the droplets very well here Rakesh...nice IQ for the ISO and good moment captured. 50 safari vehicles sounds like the kind of buzz I try to avoid, is the traffic that high in the Mara?
Agree with all that it's a good one, with the action frozen nicely while keeping a dynamic feel. I wouldn't have expected 1/640 to be enough to capture this action with so little obvious blur. Is it actually enough or is this a sharp one among less sharp ones?
@Morkel... Around the "stars" and the crossings, in high season, a battery of photographers like at the Oscars - yes, it can be that bad. But it doesn't have to be that bad.