Photo of the Day

Buffalo in muddy water
February 7, 2011

Buffalo, Indonesia

This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Photos

This buffalo was cooling down in a puddle of muddy water. This image I captured was on one of the Komodo Islands in Indonesia. Only three islands in Komodo have the Komodo dragons. I gave this image the title “Buffalo's Last Moments” because this buffalo is unfortunately on the menu of the vicious Komodo dragon. I was using the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS lens. For this image I captured it at f/4 and focused on the eyes.

(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)



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Photograph by Andrew Ang, My Shot

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