Sunday, 28th August 2011
Desert sprinters
by Isak Pretorius
The springbok is commonly known as one of the fastest antelope in Africa. It was a cloudy morning in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa when a pride of lions casually walked across a dry riverbed. I could see that they had recently eaten and were probably not interested in hunting for food at that stage. They did however spook a group of springbok that were grazing in that riverbed. The springbok did not take any chances and ran away to maintain a safe distance from the lions. I wanted to capture the running springbok with a sense of movement to accentuate this characteristic of the species.
Equipment: Canon 1dmk3, 600f4 lens + 1.4tc
Isak Pretorius
Born and raised in South Africa I have always had a love for the natural world. I live and work in South Africa which is such a privilege to be close to so many natural wonders. I try to get away to explore the natural beauty of my continent as much as I can. Today I'm lucky to spend a lot of time in the bush as I work as a photographic guide.
Website: www.isakpretorius.com
Desert sprinters by Isak Pretorius was photo of the day on Sunday, 28th August 2011. It is tagged Antelope, South Africa, Springbok, Wildlife. You can leave a comment below.
23 Comments
Bill McFall
Wow, this is an extraordinary image Isak. The movement of the springbok is fantastic. Love the clouds, the panoramic format, and the decision to use black and white to tell the story.
Morkel Erasmus
Wonderful Isak! Saw it in colour before and it rocked…B&W is even better…
Marita Räsänen
Amazing – this is art!
Terri
powerful photo of motion and a great idea to do it in B & W. Great capture!
SBL
A very cool abstract photograph. Well done.
Daniel
Magnificent. This really works extremely well.
rana
panning at 840mm, bravo!
Etienne Oosthuizen
This is stunning creative control Isak …
@Morkel, I prefer the colour version …
Wanda Krack
Makes a delightful photograph.
Pauline Jones
A nice concept; well done.
Michael
wow..great shot Isak….lets hope their namesakes the South African Rugby Springboks can bring the world cup back home again as things start happening soon at the RWC in New Zeeland!!!
Art x
fabulous shot
Brendon Cremer
Stunning image Isak, very well seen and captured;-)
Jo-annvanderburg
A very good photo , I really like the black and white thank you for sharing, looking for ward to other pictures.
Marie Dunphy Harding
Fabulous image, they are in perfect harmony.
Mario Gustavo Fiorucci
Amazing, A nice concept; well done.
Deborah
Wow! This is a very powerful and magnificent photograph. I didn’t see it in colour, but b+w is perfect.
Congratulations for POTD!
Laura Milholland
One can really see how the mass of numbers could cause confusion for the lions.
Marvelous and skillfully executed image. Congratulations!
Tazmin Shariff
Stunning image!
Alex Sharp
Beautiful beautiful image, I absolutely love it, you’ve really captured the moment, congratulations
Jacqueline Deely
Love the panning and sense of motion. Also the B/W. Really beautiful!
Linda Pothiers
AWESOME!!! God Bless
Andrea
Beautiful shot. Great in black and white.