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Impala with an Oxpecker on its head

Impala with an Oxpecker on its head
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PENTAX K-5

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/800

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Feb, 2014

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Beautiful shot

What a great capture!!!

Ultimate

congrats. Love it.

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Superb shot. Congratulations.

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CRAZY GREAT (^:

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Great capture, congrats on your feature!

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Wow, amazing close-up! Wonderful detail. Congratulations on your feature!

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Awesome capture! Congrats.

Excellent focus in this beautiful capture.Congrats!

It looks ready to rush!!! Great!!

Marvelous capture, well framed and executed! Hardy congrats!!!

Wow, nice capture....amazing color and sharpness!

Fun to look at :-)

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great capture!

Sensational photography.

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WOW, AMAZING. Congrats on your feature.

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Great capture, fabulous focus

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Awesome capture!

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Good eye

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Amazing !!

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Beautiful capture!

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Well deserved. Amazingly sharp, nice composition and a creative capture.
Almost doesn't look real. Very nice.

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OMG! Stunning shot! Well deserved feature!

Excellent capture!

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Amazing, one of a kind capture! Congrats on your Feature!!

Fantastic!

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Amazing capture. Congrats. - Jake

Lovely Timing... Nice Colors..

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Priceless! Nice shot! :-)

Congratulations

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I loved how you managed the DOF. It really made the shot stand out. And did you see the little fly on the ridge of the eye? I also love the colours. It a wonderful shot.

awesome!!

You are very patient. LOL> Great shot!

Precious capture!! Love this!! :)

wow!!! great capture. I love it!

awesome shot!!

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amazing capture !

Awesome Shot!

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Fantastic image! Congratulations!

Excellent shot

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What an odd portrait of a friendship. I really like this shot. It's very well taken. Congrats on the feature.

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Excellent shot with great clarity.

Excellent capture, your patience payed off

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amazing shot

I like it ... Thanks bmeiri :)

Gorgeous.

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Amazing capture, great work. - Jake

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Behind The Lens

Location

Kruger Park, South Africa

Time

Morning

Lighting

Used the ambient light, the sun was pretty low and it was a little cloudy and it created warm colors

Equipment

Pentax K5 and Sigma 70-200mm lens. I shot it from the car

Inspiration

The two eyes of both the Impala and the bird, and the interaction between them.

Editing

Some sharpening and contrast, and this is a cropped image. The original image was a little further away

In my camera bag

Pentax K7 and K5 bodies with a variety of lenses, depending on the type of trip and photography: 10-20 and 17-50 for landscapes 100mm macro as well as 35mm macro 50mm F1.4 for low light and shallow depth of field photos 70-200mm and 300mm for wildlife and birds Graduated filter for landscape photography A compact carbon fiber tripod is also with me on every trip. Sometime a flash. Batteries, charges, memory cards, cleaning kit, shutter release remote

Feedback

Drive through smaller roads so that other cars won't come buy and ruin your scene. Patience. Lots of it. I spent about two hours near this group of Impalas by the road. I stopped the car quite a distance from them and only when they started ignoring me I moved in a little closer until I was 1-2 meters from then. I disabled any sounds made by the camera. turned the engine off and waited for opportunities. Camera settings should be balanced out. In low light conditions (early morning and cloudy) use the lowest speed possible and the shake reduction on your lens/camera, and keep your arm steady on the card window. Use the highest ISO that the camera will allow without noticeable amount of noise. Close the aperture as much as the light conditions allow. Shoot either early or late in the day and pay attention to the direction of the sun.

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