This black-backed jackal allowed me a pretty close approach, and seemed more curious than anything else when I crouched down in the dry grass to get a lower level perspective. The light would get really soft at the end of the day in the Kalahari desert of Botswana — basically due to the sun getting very low (and huge) on the horizon because it was so flat and there were no hills or trees to obstruct its descent. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 210mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/400th of a second.
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This black-backed jackal allowed me a pretty close approach, and seemed more curious than anything else when I crouched down in the dry grass to get a lower level perspective. The light would get really soft at the end of the day in the Kalahari desert of Botswana — basically due to the sun getting very low (and huge) on the horizon because it was so flat and there were no hills or trees to obstruct its descent. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 210mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/400th of a second.
I Botswana more of this softly lit, romantic looking jackal content! The way that jackal is looking at me makes me feel alive.
Hahaha. I don’t think I could’ve said it any better than you did, Louis!
Gorgeous!
Stunning. I like how the setting sun highlights the jackal’s fringed fur.
Interesting how the far edge of the jackal’s (fisheye) eyes picked up a bit of the sun’s illumination. Nice!
The lighting is perfection, creating almost a halo surrounding this fellow. A gorgeous sundowner portrait.