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Name: AMIT VAKIL

Country of residence: India

Country where picture is taken: India

Title of the Picture: The Look

Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Lens Canon f/2.8, 70-200mm

Filter: None

ISO 2500

Aperture f/2.8

Shutter Speed: 1/40 sec.

Comment: It was getting darker & darker during each passing minute after sunset but the Hyena was not coming out of its den. My heartbeat is getting faster even I can hear it. I keep changing my camera setting to Iso-400, SS -1/1000 sec to Iso -800, 1000, 1600, 2500 & SS as less as 1/40 sec but the wait seems longer & longer. Finally it comes out of its den after 1 hour 47 minutes of wait but his face was on other side. It was pitch silence allover & when I pressed the shutter the sound of shutter makes him to look at me. I hold my breath & pressed the shutter again. The light was too low to focus him again so I switch to manual focus & trust my gut feeling mixed with experience & pressed the shutter again. After two more shots he disappeared in other direction & left me speechless. Still In love with him.

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