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    Taken in Kruger National Park. A herd of about two hundred Buffalo surrounded our vehicle at a waterhole, they just kept coming. A most exhilirating experience.

    50D; Ef100-400; 1/500 @f5.6; iso400; manual; bean bag.

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    Pieter - Great detail. I like the slightly open mouth, visible teeth and also the eyelashes. Tight comp also works for me.

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    Sounds like a wild moment, Pieter, nicely captured and composed profile image of this buffalo. Great looking horns, love the giant lumps on head, open mouth, and nice details. I'm guessing that is a tail tip to the rt of the nose - very minor, but am wondering about the small spot of red-orange colors at the very tip?

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    Beautiful details on this! I like tight portraits and the excellent details make this work for me!

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    wow, I think I'm going blind! I don't know why I did not see that as a bird!

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    Like the comp here Pieter. I like the detail on the near horn. Looks like he's asking the bird for some directions.

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    Pieter,

    Very nice pose here, great detail and colours.

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    Hi Pieter,
    Excellent pose and great IQ.
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    Thank you all for your kind comments.

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    Indeed a nice close-up Pieter with good details and exposure. I wish there was a better "eye".
    I know many people don't like photographing them as they are not always the most "photogenic", but I quite like buffalo and enjoy seeing a big herd like this one - did you take any wider shot of the bovine mass?

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    wow, I think I'm going blind! I don't know why I did not see that as a bird!
    I must say I was perplexed by your initial comment until I saw this rebuttal
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    Thank you Morkel, nice to be amongst a herd like this. I took quite a number of images, mixture of closeups, groups and the mass. I found getting a decent enough picture of the mass not easy to get but will review them again.

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