Zebra Portrait

In Colour

Zebra Portrait

Black and White

Coyote

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Zebra

Masai Mara, Kenya I had to stop for this one. I was amazed by the look of this zebra on a burnt field with the contrasting bright background as well as the atmospherics created by the heat.

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

No matter how old you get, life threatening dangers evoke the fight or flight response. Here you see 3 rams at different ages running after sensing danger. This photograph was taken in in the Yellowstone National Park this winter. The age of the bighorn sheep rams can be judged from the size of their horns and the assessing the growth rings.

Black Wolf

Here is a black wolf from the Lamar Valley Pack moving to the reset of the pack after its turn feeding on a kill.

Bison

Yellowstone Winter Life

Coyote

Yellowstone Winter Life

Coyote

Yellowstone Winter Life

Bull Elk

Yellowstone Wildlife in the Winter

Moose

Yellowstone wildlife in the park

Red Fox

Red Fox in Yellowstone National Park

Bison

Yellowstone Winter

Moose

Establishing domination. It is all about practise. The moose rut season gets over in the fall. These young bull moose were either practising in the winter for the next season or perhaps were settling a score.

Thomson’s Gazelle: female

Seen here is the female Thomson’s Gazelle as evident from the thin pencil like antlers. Thomson’s gazelles are similar to the Grant’s gazelle posted earlier except they are smaller and have a black band running along the side of the trunk from the shoulder to the hind leg. The black band on the face extends from the eyes to the snout. We stopped for this beautiful gazelle not just because of the beauty of the subject. You tend to see the final product before you take the picture. Training your eyes to see the end result is cardinal in learning to capture compelling pictures. Look for leading lines and the 1/3 rule. The ridge brings the gazelle up to eye level and the downslope gives an overall look of movement and intention to the gazelle. The downslope also serves as a leading line guiding our eyes to the subject. I do not like the big tree in the background which could be distracting our attention. This can be easily removed in postproduction if required. Similarly balancing the frame (left and right, up and down) is extremely important to improve the overall picture. Hope you get an opportunity this weekend to get out and shoot some awesome pictures. #GplusPhotographyWeek Canon #1DXii #600mmF4 1.4Exiii @840mm 1/800s F6.3 ISO800 Note that I stepped the f stop down a bit. Generally lenses work best for sharpness when you step down the F stop a bit from full wide apertures. With the 1.4 extender the 600 F4 would have F5.6 as the widest aperture.

Zebra

Masai Mara, Kenya

Tigress

Jim Corbett National Park

Asiatic elephant

Elephas maximus India