Scimitar-horned Oryx

National Zoo, Washington DC.

On this chilly December morning, the oryx was probably maximizing his exposure to the sun.  So it was not in a particularly favorable position for a shot.  The full frame is below - the oryx occupies about 5% of the frame even at 200mm.

 Since we have lots of pixels to spare for the web, this is the final "composition".  I kept the aspect ratio - I could sacrifice that and crop out some of the fence above the oryx. Not very exciting, but one takes what one can get.

The goodness of the lens is revealed by this 100% crop. There is a fair amount of detail.



PS: Rajan Parrikar did some Photoshop magic. The main effect is from raising the color temperature, which makes the instant look like sunrise, with the corresponding warming of colors.