Hippos heading into the water

These hippos at Werribee Open Range Zoo are a mother and two daughters. They had been out for a bit, and decided it was time to get wet. Not a radical decision for a hippo.

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211mm, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 5000

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200mm, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 5000

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470mm, f/6.3, 1/1600, ISO 12800

These images were all shot on the Sony 200-600mm G on a Sony A7RV in Animal subject recognition mode, which locked onto the lead hippo’s eye in each case. I’ve put the exposure details on each image.

That’s quite a splash from a single hippo foot in the second image

#hippopotamus #Sony 200-600mm G #Sony A7RV #Werribee Open Range Zoo