Series: Eye-to-Eye, 1

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Eye-to-Eye, Common Eland
Eye-to-Eye, Common Eland
This begins a new and for me a different series of photos today. I’m calling it “Eye-to-Eye” and that title is self explanatory. This first image may look like a cow but it’s not, it’s a Common Eland, also known as the Southern Eland. They belong to the antelope family found in east and southern Africa.

No, I haven’t taken a trip to Africa. All the photos in this series will have been made locally.

The photos in this series were taken with a Canon S90 — it makes for some really close in shooting. ;-)

7 Comments

  1. Paul
    2010-09-22 @ 4:05 am

    And here I thought that Salisbury was a little more civilized. Well, I guess they do call it “Common” Eland, so you might expect to see them around. :)

    • Earl
      2010-09-22 @ 7:16 am

      Paul, you’ve heard the saying…”It’s a jungle in my back yard” before haven’t you? ;-)

  2. Journey Photographic
    2010-09-22 @ 9:12 am

    I love the slight glint in his eye.

  3. Monte Stevens
    2010-09-22 @ 9:12 am

    Oh, this is going to be fun!!! I like this idea and excited to see the results of the S90. It really would have been cool to see your reflection in the eye, or can you?

    • Earl
      2010-09-22 @ 9:21 am

      Monte, thanks! I hope it’s fun…I certainly had fun making the photos and processing them. No, I was too straight on to catch my reflection. I believe the reflections in the eye is from the gound.

  4. Chris Klug
    2010-09-26 @ 12:26 am

    I really love the composition and I really love the idea of the shoot. Great idea! Great image!