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Bence Máté's Image
While adult African wild dogs are merciless killers, their pups are extremely cute and play all day long.
Bence photographed these brothers in Mkuze, South Africa – they all wanted to play with the leg of an impala and were trying to drag it in three different directions!
Behind the lens
Bence Máté
Hungary
Bence is a wildlife photographer from Hungary. Since 2008 he has been designing wildlife photography hides around the world, including in Hungary, Costa Rica, Brazil, Norway, South Africa and Transylvania (Romania). He was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2010.
Image details
- Canon EOS-1DX Mark II
- 200-400mm lens (35mm equivalent: 197.2-394.3 mm)
- 1/1800 sec at f4.0
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