I photographed two different species of dik-dik on this recent trip. The Gunther’s dik-dik and the Kirk’s dik-dik. This is the latter. I saw lots of these guys, usually first thing in the morning and then again later in the day. Dik-diks are the smallest of the African antelopes. It’s hard to illustrate just how small they are without any reference, but to me, they look not much bigger than a jackrabbit. I mean, really small. I captured a lot of frame-filling shots of them, but preferred this composition with the foreground rocks. Photographed in the Maasai Mara of Kenya. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/160th of a second.
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Look like a Bambi can see how small how do they survive in wilderness
Aunt Sue
Wow – that is tiny. Beautiful wee-one!