Wild dogs at impala kill at savuti in Botswana

[oldageadventurer]

We left camp in the twilight to travel along the west bank of the flowing Savuti river to Motsipi island in Savuti National Park. As we turned a bend we found the wild dogs devouring an impala kill. every now and then they would stop & scan their surroundings.

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[kirispupis]

Nice shot and nice portfolio! What camera/lens did you use for this shot?

 

[oldageadventurer]

This shot was with a 7D & canon 300mm f 4. It was very early but we were too close for me to use the my favourite 1DIV+500mm f4 lens combination. Their is a big difference in the low light capcity of the two cameras but I dont like to swop lenses in the dusty conditions especially with often rapidly changing events.
The portfolios give all the technical details & i am adding biological notes to the captions. But this is slow work as the editing of the 20,000 photos of the last trip & the biology blog I run on the same site seem to devour an old man's time. I am now also adding newborn elephant, & leopard shots from Savuti.

Comments appreciated ++

 

[rcarca]

What a magnificent portfolio!

Richard