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Sri Lankan Jackals on a grass plain These Jackals were found scavenging across a grass plain in Wilpaththu National park Canis aureus naria,Geotagged,Sri Lanka,Sri Lankan Jackal,Wilpaththu National park Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Sri Lankan Jackals on a grass plain

These Jackals were found scavenging across a grass plain in Wilpaththu National park

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    Ferdy Christant
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    This would be a good moment to ask...do you think 400mm is enough focal length for Sri Lankan wildlife? Posted 11 years ago
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      bpeters
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      I'd say that 400mm would work out fine, but there will be numerous occasions where a little more focal length is definitely appreciable. If I'm not mistaken, you carry a full-frame Nikon DSLR. My Canon 7D has a cropfactor of 1,6 which puts my 300mm telelens effectively in the 480mm range. In retrospect, a lot of my photos were taken at full focal length while the desired subject isn't even nearly filling the frame. With all the pixel loving prosumer cameras today, cropping is not that bad, but I'd personally rather avoid it if possible.

      In Sri Lanka, a typical wildlife safari is conducted using a jeep to drive through a national park or nature reserve. The wildlife is often not that close to the (dirt)road and it is not allowed (and sometimes even dangerous) to wander from the vehicle. Ideally I would have liked to carry at least a 400mm lens (which in my case would effectively be 640mm). The 4 stop stabilizer on my telezoom was really helpful since the suspension of an old safari jeep is not the most steady surface to shoot pictures. During my wildlife trips, I rarely needed any focal distance less than 100mm.       Posted 11 years ago
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        Ferdy Christant
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        Indeed I have a full frame DSLR with a 80-400mm lens. Note though that I still have a D7000 with a Sigma 150-500mm which due to the crop factor is effectively at 750mm. Typically, Henriette operates the 750mm, and sometimes we switch.

        The D800 has plenty of pixels for cropping, that's for sure. This strategy works fine, but only if you shoot it really sharp (shooting 36MP sharp at the pixel level is quite hard with such a heavy lens). It sounds like circumstances are quite similar to our Tanzania trip, where you simply can't get enough focal length, you'll always want more. I'm thinking of buying an extender for that reason.         Posted 11 years ago

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The Sri Lankan Jackal

The Sri Lankan Jackal , also known as the Southern Indian Jackal is a subspecies of golden jackal native to southern India and Sri Lanka. On the Asian mainland, the Sri Lankan jackal occurs in the whole southern part of the Indian peninsula, from Thana near Bombay in the northwest southwards through the Western Ghats, Mysore, the Eastern Ghats and Mandura. It occurs in all of Sri Lanka.

In southern India, adult males measure on average 29 inches in length, while females measure 26½ inches... more

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Uploaded Jun 16, 2014. Captured Jul 4, 2013 11:54 in Kukulkatuwa Road, Sri Lanka.
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  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO125
  • 228mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.