Hippopotamus Amphibius Impressivus

This image was taken one early morning just before sunrise, at the

Caprivi-strip in the far north-east of Namibia. The rest of Namibia

may be extremely dry, this narrow strip of land bordering Angola and

Botswana is humid and wet. The combination of low light levels, a

moving subject, a long lens and a wobbly boat made it difficult to get

critically sharp images, but luckily I managed to get a few.

 

D2Xs, AF-S 600/4.0, 1/125 @ f/4, ISO 800

Great foto,

Well done!

 

Cheers,

Crisi

nice colors very good details very well done regards john

I think that the low light conditions are responsible for this pinky color of the image which make it seem beautiful! I can imagine how hard it is to try to handle such a huge lens on a moving boat and this shot is tack sharp.Excellent effort Marsel, greetings from Greece

I think this shot really captures the animal. Mainly because of the low light brings out the the colour of the animal really good !

He looks very mean, is he?