Dancing Scrub Hare
Madikwe Game Reserve
Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 200mm, 1/320, f/3.5, ISO 800
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Scrub Hare, being mostly nocturnal, is one of the animals that most of us do not normally get a chance to photograph. A few days ago we were on our way back to the lodge when we found this little guy feeding on the side of the road. The sun was just about to drop below the horizon which did not leave to much light to work with but we decided to give it a bash anyway. The next moment the Scrub Hare started bouncing all over the place. Literally! He was running up and down the road, bouncing and doing what looked like very bad attempts at back flips. The only explanation for this strangely energetic behavior is that insects of some sort must have been biting him as in between his aerial antics he also threw himself on the floor, rolling furiously in the dust. With fading light and a very fast moving subject we had to push up our ISO a bit to get a fast enough shutter speed with which to freeze the bouncy bunny, or at least just his face. We managed to get some great shots when he was moving side to side but when he ran up and down the roads, towards and away from us, he was just to fast for any of us to get a crisp shot. A photographic safari never ceases to surprise as even though earlier that day we photographed elephants, a pride of lions and some amazing landscapes, this was the photographic highlight of the day!
With tomorrow being Thursday it is guest blogger day. The good news is that you won’t have to read another guest post by me and the better news is that Hilton Kotze will be tomorrows guest author on Photo-Africa. Hilton is a wildlife and sport photographer who also does some travel and landscape photography in between. Hilton has numerous photographic accolades to his name which includes the title of Getaway Fujifilm Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007. Also looking at shooting fast moving subjects, make sure to check out ‘Capturing the Moment’ tomorrow. Fast moving subjects, great action and getting the ultimate action shot on safari.
I will be back on Friday and remember that when you are out on safari to not ignore the small things!
There are images everywhere! 
Gerry
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