I posted a sunset shot of a black-backed jackal a few weeks ago. Here’s one early morning, prowling through the dry grasslands of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. These guys have a varied diet and are opportunistic when it comes to finding the next meal — everything from crickets and termites, to rodents and other small mammals. They also love to get in on a larger kill after lions and other predators have moved on. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 550mm with 1.4 teleconverter) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second.
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I posted a sunset shot of a black-backed jackal a few weeks ago. Here’s one early morning, prowling through the dry grasslands of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. These guys have a varied diet and are opportunistic when it comes to finding the next meal — everything from crickets and termites, to rodents and other small mammals. They also love to get in on a larger kill after lions and other predators have moved on. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 550mm with 1.4 teleconverter) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second.
This photo leaves the viewer doing a double take – it is as though the jackal is “materializing” from a grassy haze. Must be Sean’s magic!
Thanks Sue. You know how I like to get that camera low. I was waiting for a few moments where the jackal’s eye entered a clearing.
I feel like I’m hiding in the tall grasses from the jackal!
I certainly was for this photo. Crouched down on the ground, watching him/her pass.
Reminds me of our coyotes here in north central Washington state.