Wild Dogs, Kabini

EOS 40D, 500 f4 + 1.4x converter, ISO 400 on Aperture Priority at f 5.6.

And now an extract from my blog:

And now follows a harangue to naturalists, drivers, wildlife enthusiasts, and wildlife photographers. If a bird or animal goes into the undergrowth or past your vehicle, it does not mean that it has logged out for the day. Wildlife photography is about waiting, about being patient and waiting for the right shot. And constantly trying to get a better shot. And so, after the wild dogs ran past our vehicle, I noticed that they were gambolling in the jungle behind us and was even able to photograph a pair mating!

Another harangue: wildlife photographers must know their subjects. Wild dogs are social animals and you will get superb shots of social interaction if you are prepared to wait. The idea of moving away as soon as they settle down in the grass borders on the absurd.

Thanks for looking, c & c welcome.

Apana

A very intimate social behaviour captured. There seems to be a bit of noise in the image. Im guessing the light was pretty low. Was this from the same pack, a portrait from which you had posted?

thats amzing moment.. lovely photograph..the area near nose and eyes shows lots of noise, also I guess it has enhance in sharping in PP.

Lovely action captured. Yes photographing Dholes is a challenge, they are so active that you need to be on constant alert to capture the behaviour displayed. What was the shutter speed? Thanks for the image and the meaningful description.

Since two of you have mentioned noise, perhaps I should revisit the PP.

Bibhav - yes the same pack.

Mrudul - not sure of the shutter speed right now, will have to dig out the EXIF details from an external hard drive.

Apana

It looks the shutter speed was low for the dholes. One needs to be patient when they are around. You are likely to get some interesting images. At times lower shutter speed and motion blur gives a sense of movement and should be explored.