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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Ron Scubadiver on September 07, 2016, 18:40:10

Title: The Edge
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on September 07, 2016, 18:40:10

(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8088/29211812970_abd446f6ce_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LvmbgL)The Edge (https://flic.kr/p/LvmbgL) by Ron Scubadiver (https://www.flickr.com/photos/57349111@N08/), on Flickr

South Africa, 2013

This is a new edit of the shot.  Dehaze was used in the upper half of the image.  Someone please tell me what those animals are.

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: Fons Baerken on September 07, 2016, 22:05:02

Wonderful scene: Kudus?

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: Hugh_3170 on September 08, 2016, 06:21:10

SA is the home of antelopes.

Fons. they look like Kudu to me as well.

Where are you Elsa?  Are we right?  ;D

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And Kudos to Ron for the image. Missed the first one, but I like this pp.

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: stenrasmussen on September 08, 2016, 07:32:31

Great shot. Imagine how the lions are salivating behind the edge ;D

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on September 08, 2016, 21:30:16

Thank you gentlemen.  I think the lions had their eyes on me.

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: BW on September 08, 2016, 21:50:22

Trying not to look like prey is a healthy approach while photographing wildlife. A nice picture Ron. Like the horizontal duality of the image :)

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: Peter Connan on September 09, 2016, 20:57:22

Very nice Ron, I would love to know where it was taken.

The antelope are Eland. This is the largest of all antelope, and males can weight as much as 940kg. An adult male stands about 1.6m at the shoulder.

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: elsa hoffmann on September 10, 2016, 08:17:03

Peter is correct - these are Eland.
Kudu has a very distinctive twisted horn and stripe over the bridge of the nose usually.
I seem to recall the most expensive Eland is called Horizon and valued at something like $10 000 000.......

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on September 10, 2016, 19:07:24

Thank you Peter, BW and Elsa.  This was taken at a game preserve about 30 minutes drive North of Mossel Bay.

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: Peter Connan on September 12, 2016, 20:16:54

Thanks Ron.

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on September 13, 2016, 04:19:19

Quote from: Peter Connan on September 12, 2016, 20:16:54

Thanks Ron.

Your earlier post said over 900 kg.  That is a huge animal.

Title: Re: The Edge
Post by: Peter Connan on September 13, 2016, 17:22:40

Ron, they get big all right!

However, there is quite a spread of weights and quite a large difference between males and females too.

There is a very good close-up of a big male here http://safaritalk.net/topic/16602-the-hundred-acre-wood-and-the-search-for-heffalumps-and-woozles/page-2, about half-way down the page. It shows how heavy their necks become as they grow older.