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Lion Sands Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

Lion Sands Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
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Gragorgix
 
Gragorgix October 27, 2014
Beautiful. Well Done!
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mytmoss October 27, 2014
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AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta October 27, 2014
Great close-up. Congratulations on being Featured.
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catini October 27, 2014
Great sharpness, congrats on your feature!
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WileKyK October 27, 2014
Beautiful capture of an amazing animal. Congratulations on your Feature!
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iceman2 October 27, 2014
Beautiful capture.Congrats!
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barbarabrock October 27, 2014
gorgeous!
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ianshearsmith October 27, 2014
cracking shot Michael, great quality in every department as usual.
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sweetpea72 October 27, 2014
fantastic shot..Congrats! ")
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Marvellous image!
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Beautiful shot with great clarity and color. Congratulations on your feature.
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beautiful shot!
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Great shot, congrats on the feature.
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yourlily October 27, 2014
Wonderful shots..congrats, very well done.
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Fantastic shot! congrats!
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photosue50 October 27, 2014
beautiful
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ElizabethSPool October 27, 2014
Love the detail!
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MaryAnne306 October 27, 2014
Wonderful capture! Incredible detail. Congratulations on being featured.
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Awesome capture, very well done on. Being featured, well deserved.
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vojce October 29, 2014
excellent
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You really nailed it here!
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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken at Lion Sands Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

Time

The shot was taken 9/7/2010 in the the late afternoon, around 4 PM

Lighting

The kudu was standing in the shade, so I had to use unusually high ISO to get a good shutter speed combined with a greater field of focus

Equipment

I used a Canon 1Ds Mark III with a Canon 100-400L at 350mm lens, The shot was taken hand held.

Inspiration

Kudus are usually very shy antelopes and its rare to get one close enough to take a great shot like this. She was more curious than most and was a bit interested in the vehicle I was sitting in.

Editing

Basic post processing was done, minor working with contrast and sharpening as I shoot in raw. No cropping was done on this shot, it is full frame.

In my camera bag

When I am safari, I carry 3 cameras. I now have the Canon 5D III, Canon 7D II and 7D. On the 7DII I have a Canon 400 DO with 1.4x and the 7D's I have the 100-400L and 70-200 2.8 II. In my back I also have a 100 2.8 Macro and a 17-40L which I rarely use. For walking around I also have a 70-300L which is much smaller and lighter to carry.

Feedback

Be patient. Spend a lot of time being with animals and do not rush off in search of something better. Take LOTS of shots, you never know which one might be a winner. With animals, focus on the eyes if you can, or if they are farther away, center mass making sure you have a small enough fstop to get everything in focus.

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