Alone with the Oryx in the Namib
Alone in the desert ... this is one of my all time favourite photographs. I took this while lying flat on the ground photographing Dune 45 in the Tsauchab Valley (near Sossusvlei). I had my wide angle lens on my camera to capture the dune, but as I looked to my left towards the early morning sun, I saw this Oryx watching me from a distance. I quickly changed my lenses and used my 70-300mm to capture this images. The lighting was not ideal because I was shooting straight into the sun, but in fact the light was perfect as I managed to capture soft mountains in the background and the oryx in perfect silhouette. What I like most about this photograph is the solitude, the simplicity and the desaturated colours.
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| Section | Nature: Deserts |
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| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Lens | EF70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM |
| Aperture | 10 |
| Exposure time | 1/200 |
| Focus length | 300.0 mm |
| ISO | 100 |
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Klaus-Peter Beck 20/03/2017 21:47
Mein Sohn hat Namibia geliebt.Wir wollten auch noch zusammen dort hin!
Aber es sollte nicht so kommen.
Vielleicht mal in einem anderen Leben!
Gruß
Klaus-Peter
JOKIST 20/03/2017 21:28
+++ PERFET +++Ingrid und Hans
MWB-photo 20/03/2017 18:52
beautiful, absolutely fantasticgiorgio busignani 20/03/2017 14:44
++++:)
Xenia Ivanoff-Erb 20/03/2017 13:32
Thank you for the comments I really appreciate you taking time to view my work.Astrid Buschmann 20/03/2017 12:55
Ja, so gefällt das ! Die Berge im Hintergrund nur schemenhaft, so haben wir das auch erleben dürfen. Und der einsame Oryx inmitten der flachen Steinwüste - perfekt !LG Astrid
Michael P.-Becker 20/03/2017 12:38
It's absolute a grand Photograph ! Michaelgilles Boisset 20/03/2017 9:35
seul dans le désert, je ressens surtout un sentiment d'angoisse plutôt que de liberté. Une photo qui ne peut nous laisser indifférent. Du très beau travail Xenia!amitiés
gilles
David H Thomas 20/03/2017 7:53
magnificent view and composition