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Copyright: Robin Du Bois (robindb) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 122 W: 0 N: 360] (1364)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-01-01
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Cannon EOS 350D, Sigma 170-500mm APO, 58 mm uv Hoya
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Open Up....II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-01-27 3:11
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A nice smile for the new year. This is a very young Impala that was probably born late last year that I saw near Satara in the Kruger Park. There seem to be a lot of young this year and it is remarkable how nature seems to know that there will be a good season due to higher than average rainfall. For December and January the rainfall was almost 50% higher than average.

Impala
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An impala (Aepyceros melampus Greek aipos "high" ceros "horn" + melas "black" pous "foot") is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language. They are found in savannas and thick bushveld in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, northern Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, northeastern South Africa and Uganda (the source of that country's capital city's name - Kampala).
Appearance
Average mass for an Impala is approximately 75 kilograms. They are reddish-brown in color with lighter flanks, have white underbellies and a characteristic "M" marking on its rear. Males have lyre-shaped horns which can reach up to 90 centimeters in length.
Ecology
Impala are among the dominant species in many savannas. They can adapt to different environment by being grazers in some areas and browsers in others. They graze when the grass is green and growing and browse at other times. They will browse on formcsgaybs, shoots, bacon, seedpods and foliage.
Herds will use specific areas for their excrement. Impala are active during both day and night and are dependent on water. A herd is normally an indicator of water close by. Impala can thrive in areas where pure grazers can not survive.
When frightened or startled the whole impala herd starts leaping about in order to confuse their predator. They can jump distances more than 9 meters (30 feet) and 2.5 meters (8 feet) high. Leopards, cheetah, Nile crocodiles, lions, spotted hyenas and wild dogs prey on impala.
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great shot this animals. nice sharpness, and color

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1168 W: 261 N: 3035] (13835)
  • [2009-01-27 5:07]

Hi Robin,

Nice to see an upload of yourside,thanks for your comment on my cheetah,yeah we had a great time in kruger,unfortunatly we did not meet,but I guess there will be another time,because I am sure I will go back to this park again (the sooner the better if it was my choice),anyway a nice happy picture to start with in 2009,hope to see lot more from SA,thanks

Paul

EXCELLENT. The photo is without mistake a superior capture of the inner soul of this very being...You came as close to capturing an aura as one can without actually capturing that aura itself..Great shot!
bob

Robin

Nice focus and good POV.

Beste regards

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