SamAyres

The Endangered

The Endangered

I captured this beautiful Rhino in one of the national parks in South Africa. These species are in extreme danger due to Rhino poaching, mainly for the horns. O...
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I captured this beautiful Rhino in one of the national parks in South Africa. These species are in extreme danger due to Rhino poaching, mainly for the horns. Over 540 have already been killed this year, you can see from this photo that this Rhino has already had it horns removed by rangers to protect its life.
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Canon EOS 5DS R

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Aperture 56/10 ISO 500 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 400/1

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Aug, 2016

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This is a terrific image- well done, and nice job of the caption and message. I wonder if the image might be a little stronger with a slight horizontal correction- it's leaning a bit left?

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