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Sable Antelope

Sable Antelope

Male Sable Antelope. Photographed Hoedspruit South Africa

Male Sable Antelope. Photographed Hoedspruit South Africa
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 220/1

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Jul, 2017

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Peer Award

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Aren't Sables the largest antelope breed in Africa? (or anywhere else, for that matter?) Gorgeous capture, my friend.

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