Kudu

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Tswalu is a game reserve in northern S Africa which has has high dunes on a portion of the reserve. As we crossed a dune I looked back and saw this kudu in an opening and positioned against a cloud. I thought it made for an interesting and different photo of a kudu. I played with tighter crops but preferred this more environmental version.

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Pertinent technical details or techniques: Nikon D500 and 80-400 at 400, f/8, 1/640, ISO 640 and about cropped to about 80% of the original.

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I like this, Richard. Not a conventional image, but it works well. Just sliding it up and down, I think maybe a touch off the bottom would work even better and you might play with emphasizing the Kudu a bit, but a fine image as posted.

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Very interesting composition ! I somehow feel that darkening the mid tones would improve the image and some more color can be extracted from the clouds.