Harem of the King

[Satyabrata Mishra]

Taken with Canon 400D 100-400 L IS Lens
SS:1/500s, F6.1, ISO 200, AP, F Length 400mm
This photograph is of the harem herd or territorial herd with one territorial male and females with all age groups.

There are 5 different categories of herd structures and social groupings of black bucks.
1 Mixed herd formed by males and females of different age groups.
2 Harem herd or territorial herd with one territorial male and females with all age groups.
3 Bachelor herd of all male members.
4 Herd of all female groups.
5 Lone adult male (wandering).

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice composition. You could have tried using a narrower aperture. The eye contact is nice as all are looking in the same direction. Thanks for sharing the information. Look forward to more.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to see a blackbuck herd. It is good that you got most of them parallel to the frame. I agree that a narrow aperture would have been even better. The shutter speed of 1/500 is fine, as one of these may make a sudden movement and you are ready to capture it. Increasing the ISO would have also helped. Thanks for sharing the info and the image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice composition & good eye contact .

[Anand Madabhushi]

Patraji

Very informative. Thank you.

Taken with Canon 400D 100-400 L IS Lens
SS:1/500s, F6.1, ISO 200, AP, F Length 400mm
This photograph is of the harem herd or territorial herd with one territorial male and females with all age groups.

There are 5 different categories of herd structures and social groupings of black bucks.
1 Mixed herd formed by males and females of different age groups.
2 Harem herd or territorial herd with one territorial male and females with all age groups.
3 Bachelor herd of all male members.
4 Herd of all female groups.
5 Lone adult male (wandering).