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Oryx beisa


Oryx beisa
Photo Information
Copyright: Ferran J Lloret (ferranjlloret) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 82 W: 57 N: 349] (1463)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 10D, Canon EF 100-400 mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Mammals of Africa, African Rare Antelope 1 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-11-23 16:32
Viewed: 2586
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
There are three Oryxes’ species (some taxonomists says four), two of them in the African continent, Sahara Oryx (Oryx dammah), and Gemsbok (Oryx gazella), and the other one, Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), in the Arabian Peninsula.

One African specie, which life in the north of the continent, Oryx dammah, is extinct in the wild according to ICUN. The other specie is Oryx gazella, and according some taxonomists there are three subspecies, that some authors consider as a different species: Oryx gazella ssp. beisa, Oryx gazella ssp. gazella, Oryx gazella ssp. callotis. Other taxonomists consider that ssp. beisa and ssp. callotis aret he same specie and ssp. gazella is another specie.

The geographic distribution of Oryx gazella is the following:
Oryx gazella ssp. beisa (East African Oryx or beisa Oryx): Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Sudan Uganda
Oryx gazella ssp. callotis: Kenya Tanzania
Oryx gazella ssp. gazella (Gemsbok): Angola Botswana Namibia South Africa Zimbabwe.

In the photo I show two exemplars of Oryx gazella ssp. beisa on guard expectant in Shaba National Park.

ISO 100
Focal 300.0 mm
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Hi Ferran,
This is a truly magnificent animal.
I love the way they stand together and look right into the camera.
Very good capture
TFS - Shir

Wow! I think I am seeing double! what a super shot. It's interesting that when I drag the image to my desktop it is much more saturated than it appears on TN. Do you convert your images to sRGB before uploading? Some of us also darken them a bit so that they don't lose so much contrast when uploaded. This is just a wonderful composition and very sharp.

TFS
Evelynn : )

Hello Ferran,
very nice shot, and the subject is just a kind, what a wonderful animal and you have managed to capture both with a stunning look, well done excellent PoV.
TFS,
Nelson

great composition and framing, the perfect poscard, TFS Ori

Good compo and well managed pic.

Andrea

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2422 W: 63 N: 3988] (12860)
  • [2006-11-24 6:05]

Hello Ferran,
What a beautiful photo! Your composition is great, a well-caugth pose of those two looking at you :o) Very good presentation and framing. TFS
Selen

Hi Ferran
Nice duo portrait.
Good compo.
TFS
Annick

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3100 W: 234 N: 5929] (20008)
  • [2006-11-26 19:52]

A beautiful double portrait, Ferran.
I love the masks on their faces, and their parallel presentation has a lot of visual impact.
Wonderful POV and great focus.
Great job and TFS. : )

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