The strangest Tango you may ever see
Aug 27, 2017 16:13:57 #
While on the Chobe river between Namibia and Botswana we witnessed an extremely rare event: two Yellow-billed storks who at first appeared to be dancing a courtship tango. But all of a sudden things changed. (BTW, I give credit to my D500 which was in full 10fps mode and kept perfect focus.)
First we saw this male doing a solo dance
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A second stork flew in and they appeared to start doing a tango
Complete with some throws ala ice dancing
Eventually the dance came to a magnificent crescendo
But wait - there's discord between the "dancers"
Turns out it is two males who end up in a mutual choke-hold. When they eventually broke up, both seemed to be seriously injured, stumbling off in different directions.
Aug 27, 2017 16:44:22 #
Aug 27, 2017 20:33:11 #
I didn't have time to be amazed during the moment. But afterwards couldn't believe what we had just seen.
Aug 27, 2017 20:33:43 #
Aug 27, 2017 20:37:13 #
GregWCIL wrote:
While on the Chobe river between Namibia and Botswana we witnessed an extremely rare event: two Yellow-billed storks who at first appeared to be dancing a courtship tango. But all of a sudden things changed. (BTW, I give credit to my D500 which was in full 10fps mode and kept perfect focus.)
Fine captures!
Aug 28, 2017 08:07:50 #
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Aug 28, 2017 08:56:15 #
too bad there wasn't any music playing!
great job Greg
I was a second to late or too early and missed the foot around the neck--glad you got it!
great job Greg
I was a second to late or too early and missed the foot around the neck--glad you got it!
Aug 28, 2017 09:09:02 #
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Aug 28, 2017 10:53:57 #
Aug 28, 2017 11:35:27 #
plessner wrote:
too bad there wasn't any music playing!
great job Greg
I was a second to late or too early and missed the foot around the neck--glad you got it!
great job Greg
I was a second to late or too early and missed the foot around the neck--glad you got it!
Didn't you hear me humming? What do you mean a second late - doesn't that Sony shoot at like 20 frames a second?
Aug 28, 2017 12:03:20 #
GregWCIL wrote:
Didn't you hear me humming? What do you mean a second late - doesn't that Sony shoot at like 20 frames a second?
must have been operator error! let up on the shutter for a sec or something!
Aug 28, 2017 12:33:28 #
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