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African Buffalos
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Copyright: Way Lim (waylim) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 113 W: 2 N: 190] (653)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-03
Categories: Mammals
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-05-06 23:35
Viewed: 159
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a bovid from the family of the Bovidae. It is up to 1.7 meters high, 3.4 meters long. Savannah type buffaloes weigh 500-900 kg, with only males, normally larger than females, reaching the upper weight range. Forest type buffaloes are only half that size. The African Buffalo is not closely related to the slightly larger Wild Asian Water Buffalo, but its ancestry remains unclear. Owing to its unpredictable nature which makes it highly dangerous to humans, it has not been domesticated, unlike its Asian counterpart, the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo.
See workshop for image of Asian Buffalo.

The African buffalo is one of the most successful grazers in Africa. It lives in swamps, floodplains as well as montane grasslands and forests of the major mountains of Africa. Buffalo can be found from the highest mountains to sea level areas, and prefer habitat with dense cover such as reeds and thickets. Herds have also been found in open woodland and grassland.

Like the Plains zebra, the Buffalo can subsist on tall, coarse grasses. Herds of buffalo will reduce grass level to the height that is preferred by selective grazers. When feeding, the buffalo makes use of its tongue and wide incisor row to eat grass more quickly than other African herbivores. Buffalo do not stay on trampled or depleted areas for long.

Other than humans, African buffalo have few predators and are capable of defending themselves against (and sometimes killing) lions.[3] Lions do kill and eat buffalo regularly, but it typically takes multiple lions to bring down a single adult buffalo; only large male lions have been known to take down adult buffalo on their own. The Nile Crocodile will typically attack only old solitary animals and young calves.[4] The leopard and spotted hyena are a threat only to newborn calves.
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Hello Way,
Superb capture of these buffalos, one of my favorite animals :-) like my nickname:) TFS. Regards,
Deniz

Hello Way,

This is a beautifully composed photograph.
I like how the buffalo have your attention and are peering at the camera.
Lovely details.

Imo it is just a little dull. I have done w/s which I hope you will like.
Sorry, I have reached my limit. Just added 25% brightness and contrast, and a little sharpening using unsharp mask.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

Hey Bro,
What a lovely shot.Perfection itself.
Cheers!
Goldy

beautiful composition, TFS Ori

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2211 W: 128 N: 5905] (18469)
  • [2008-05-07 8:34]

Hello Way,
I like your gallery too!
This is a fine capture of a herd of African Buffalo with an excellent BG of the plain of Masai Mara, Technically superb and a superb composition with the cattele egrets among the Buffaloes.
Nice to meet you and thanks for sharing this fine image,
Regards, Ivan

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2212 W: 58 N: 3662] (12026)
  • [2008-05-07 23:25]

Hi Way,
Lovely photo. I like the POV, DOF, scene you captured, colors, composition, lighting and details. TFS
Greetings,
Selen

Hi Way Lim,
beautiful picture of big and nice animals, also a great landscape over theyr habitat, brava
kind regards
franco

Hello Way. This is another stunning image in the wilderness of the open space. Good sharpness and detail in pleasant looking composition.Well done and best regards. Jusni

Hi Way, very nice shot of these African Buffalo. It looks like you have their attention in this shot. Are you safe here? Excellent detail seen here with a great depth of field giving us the Buffalo and the valley behind them. Very nice.

Thanks, John

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