Oryx in the Namib desert. The landscape in Namibia is fantastic and here I wanted to show a beautiful and large animal dwarfed by the surroundings.

-- Hakan Liljenberg (coracias@hotmail.com), September 24, 1999

Answers

This photo is pure genius, could you give us some more details?

-- David Bertioli (david@cenargen.embrapa.br), September 25, 1999.

Hakan, a beautiful photo of a beautiful place. The onyx not only gives us a sense of scale, but adds a living dimension to the photo. I love the overall warmth of the photo. The only change I would suggest is to show a little more of the sky at the top. The tip of the moutain is too close to the edge of the photo. I can understand you wanting to eliminate much of the sky because it looks a little bland compared to the rest of the landscape, but a tad bit more sky above the peak would add balance. Thanks for sharing your wonderful images, Donna.

-- Donna P. Bollenbach (cassidy@icubed.net), September 26, 1999.

thank you for for nice comments. Donna I agree with you about the sky, that's the one thing that I am not satisfied with. But this is as much sky I could get with my 200mm. I couldn't lift the camera more because of the oryx and there was not time to change lens because the oryx run away just after this shot. So this was the best compromise. Hakan

-- Hakan Liljenberg (coracias@hotmail.com), September 26, 1999.

Very nice! I like the whole effect, would not change a thing. Pat

-- pat j. krentz (krentz@cci-29palms.com), September 26, 1999.

This is a very nice image. The only problem I can think of is that the oryx is right below the summit of the mountain. The slope of the mountain leads my eye from left to right in the image, away from the oryx. It may be better to shoot it earlier (is that possible?) so that the summit is in the upper right corner while the oryx in the lower left. Obviously a little more sky will also help; that is why a zoom sometime helps.

-- Shun Cheung (shun@worldnet.att.net), September 27, 1999.

Well done "animal in its enviornment" image!

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), September 28, 1999.