Wildlife action- African style

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Wildlife action- African style

Postby marc on Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:14 pm

A couple more from the Sth Luangwa Nat Park
Taken with the D2Xs/300 VR combo

Wildebeest tussling
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Giraffe bros rehearsing for a funniest home video moment :lol:
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Postby Kyle on Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:45 pm

Both are crackers but #1 hits me right in the face! Awesome Marc :D
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Postby bwhinnen on Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:52 am

The first one is outstanding! Everything just works so well, the crop everything! Right amount of separation from the background, perfect shutter speed to give the sense of what is happening, exposure is spot on, colours compliment the scene. Brilliant!

Well done Marc!
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Postby Killakoala on Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:35 pm

The first one, yeah, great. Full of action, nice and sharp and great framing.
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Postby Big V on Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:51 pm

Ist one is the stand out for me...
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Postby TonyH on Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:49 pm

Great shots marc.

The first is a cracker..... :D
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Postby Yi-P on Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:01 pm

Great captures :D
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Postby Oneputt on Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:05 pm

Excellent but I think that the second would benefit from a closer crop. You must be having a great holiday Marc :D
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Postby JordanP on Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:26 am

The Wildebeest shot is sensational and enhanced by the crop you have applied to it. The DOF seems just right. I'm assuming it was shot at 300mm at f??.

With the second shot I would agree with Oneputt. A tighter crop would help us focus our attention on the roundhouse high kick.

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Postby marc on Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:42 pm

Hi Craig

The Wildebeest was shot @ 300 & f/2.8
Here's a crop of the Thornycroft Giraffe bros

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Postby Oneputt on Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:53 pm

Super :D
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Postby Handlebars on Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:59 pm

#1 is great, can see it as a wall poster
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