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Comment by herfotoman:
Eish on the DQ!

The experience is, of course even better than the machine's memory.

Thank you for sharing it with us in any case, magical.

Laager
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Comment by cutout:
for this you get from me
the SPECIAL CUT OF THE WEEK
have to design it still but it will come

Laager
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Comment by tnun:
lovely glimpse in magic light.

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Comment by posthumous:
wow, gorgeous shot. congratulations.

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Comment by snaffles:
Thanks for clearing up the misconceptions I expressed earlier, Paul. It is a wonderful scene and vongrats on the HM.

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Comment by mariuca:
Glad I'm thousands and thousands of meters away from them. They have killer looks under tamed coiffures.
Magic, primordial light

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Comment by skewsme:
what mahvelous hairdoos, pippi longstocking got nothin' on them.
congratulations and thanks for bringing this to our eyes.

Laager
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Comment by ubique:

Originally posted by snaffles: looks too good be true...museum diorama?

Originally posted by snaffles: So this is an eerily perfect shot of an eerily motionless herd of one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. Please share how you avoided being turned into strawberry jam by them while managing to get great lighting, perfect comp and no sign of any dust/mud/birds/clouds of bugs.

It was early morning, very still, beautiful streaming sunlight from behind the buffalo. This is small part of a larger herd, about 100+ animals, that had spent the night in thick bush in this location beside a small dirt road called the Gomondwane Loop (S130 if you wish to examine a map of Kruger). There was no dust because neither the buffalo nor I were moving. There was no mud because it was dry. There were birds, but out of frame; mainly Red-billed oxpeckers that would, once the buffalo start moving, spend the day riding upon the buffalo, pecking ticks from their hides. There were many bugs attending the buffalo, but too small to register in this picture. The 'perfect' comp that you admired was just the buffalo kidding around. I was not made into strawberry jam because I was in my 4x4 about 10 metres from the nearest bull. They aren't bothered by vehicles. Step outside though and they will indeed probably kill you.

Here's a view of the diorama from a different angle (taken from the coffee shop):


And alas, I expect the picture will be disqualified. I had unintentionally used the original to crop. Silly boy.

Message edited by author 2017-06-02 09:25:18.

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Comment by Phocal:
Such a great capture, so beautiful. One of my top picks from the challenge. Sure is great seeing two m4/3 cameras being used in the top 5 photographs.

Laager
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Comment by snaffles:
So this is an eerily perfect shot of an eerily motionless herd of one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. Please share how you avoided being turned into strawberry jam by them while managing to get great lighting, perfect comp and no sign of any dust/mud/birds/clouds of bugs.

Message edited by author 2017-06-02 08:16:39.