marc
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Loving the new forum Steve, 
will kick off my first post here with an encounter from a recent (pre CoVid) Botswana assignment:
"Mongoose mayhem!"
I followed a pair of lionesses for over 3 hours knowing their preference for daylight hunting.
Thinking and hoping they were about to strike on a lone drinking Giraffe, however with lions being big curious cats, the pair got distracted by a family of Banded Mongoose that panicked attempting to scramble to safety with mongoose scattering here there and everywhere, she struck out at a separated mongoose striking a flattening blow, but somehow the fearless foe wrangled free managing a miraculous escape!
It was such a thrill to witness this rare and exciting David versus Goliath moment, that had a fortunate ending for all the family!
Being F/F I make no apologies for the cut tail and having the amazing lightweight 500PF in my lap enabled me to grab a 5/6 frame sequence, having a bigger, heavier prime, such as my 400/2.8E may not have seen me so fortunate to capture anything, as this sequence was all over in seconds.
Camera: Nikon D500
Lens: AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR
ISO: 360
Focal Length: 500.0 mm (750.0 mm in 35mm)
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 1/2500s
The 2nd frame from this sequence has just missed focus here.
The lucky Mongoose escapes and darts off just out of frame.
Cheers
Marc
will kick off my first post here with an encounter from a recent (pre CoVid) Botswana assignment:
"Mongoose mayhem!"
I followed a pair of lionesses for over 3 hours knowing their preference for daylight hunting.
Thinking and hoping they were about to strike on a lone drinking Giraffe, however with lions being big curious cats, the pair got distracted by a family of Banded Mongoose that panicked attempting to scramble to safety with mongoose scattering here there and everywhere, she struck out at a separated mongoose striking a flattening blow, but somehow the fearless foe wrangled free managing a miraculous escape!
It was such a thrill to witness this rare and exciting David versus Goliath moment, that had a fortunate ending for all the family!
Being F/F I make no apologies for the cut tail
and having the amazing lightweight 500PF in my lap enabled me to grab a 5/6 frame sequence, having a bigger, heavier prime, such as my 400/2.8E may not have seen me so fortunate to capture anything, as this sequence was all over in seconds.Camera: Nikon D500
Lens: AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR
ISO: 360
Focal Length: 500.0 mm (750.0 mm in 35mm)
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 1/2500s
The 2nd frame from this sequence has just missed focus here.
The lucky Mongoose escapes and darts off just out of frame.
Cheers
Marc
