My contribution to the wild dog images. This taken in Sep of 2009 at Kirkmans Kamp, Sabi Sand, South Africa. My only sighting ever of wild dogs. We saw them in the morning, a pack of about 12, relaxing on the Sand River bank. That late afternoon we went back and after a while they became active and started to play/greet. They took off into the low bush, hunting we believed, and we in the Range Rover tried to keep up. A rough bumpy chase. We got to their killed small impala about four minutes after they killed it. Another maybe ten minutes and it was all devoured. From the time they became active until they killed was maybe 20 minutes, remarkable.
Nikon D200, f8, 1/500, ISO 360, 70-300 lens at 250mm. Cropped off about 20%, worked in PS. At the time I loved the somewhat back light, mid morning I think, but not as good as I had hoped for.
Tom







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