Formation of Elephants

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 6, 2010359 views15 comments

Formation of Indian Elephants in the meadows of Corbett National Park. This is almost full frame, while processing the image, I observed that croping out left elephant completly, presented a more balanced composition. Would be keen to know your view on this.
Canon 40D, 500mm, Iso 200, 1/250 sec. at f 6.3
Thankyou so much for your kind attention & views !
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by James Campbell on February 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM

This is a wonderful group portrait, Jagdeep! The composition is lovely - I think you are right in that excluding the left elephant would improve it further, but to be honest, I really like this as is and dont think that elephant detracts much at all.. Well seen and well captured

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on February 6, 2010 at 11:08 AM

Jagdeep, terrific shot of this herd. I think I might like to see the photo with the left elephant cropped out for comparison.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on February 6, 2010 at 1:05 PM

Amazing capture Jagdeep. Only someone who spends a lot of time with a herd and is patient and dedicated enough can create an image like this.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 6, 2010 at 2:57 PM

I don't mind the left elephant at all - this is a wonderful portrait of - I'm assuming - a family group with all ages of calves.
Excellent!

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on February 6, 2010 at 4:53 PM

Love the warm light. Nice cascade of elephants & they are sharp from the first one to the last. Loved the texture of their skin in the large image. This I guess would look real good on a large print.
Regarding the crop, either ways works fine for me.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 7, 2010 at 2:10 PM

Beautiful image! Love the comp and the fact that each elephant is sharp. You have great elephant images!

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on February 8, 2010 at 8:38 AM

you've been able to make a mass made by singles. I like the cut you gave. nice one.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on February 8, 2010 at 9:24 AM

Hi Jagdeep,

I find this to be a tremendously interesting image - the thumbnail definitely doesn't do it justice at all. Interestingly, the leftmost calf (the one with the whole head showing) really grabs my attention and almost becomes (to me) the primary subject here. But everything works well here - love how the long telephoto lens has "collapsed" all the elephants and put them all pretty much on the same plane.

In terms of the crop - great as is, but I think better with the leftmost elephant cropped out. Definitely a personal preference issue...

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 9, 2010 at 4:10 PM

Congrats on a well-deserved EP!
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Joe Sulik on February 9, 2010 at 8:33 PM

Amazing image Jagdeep, I have always wanted to see asian elephants in the wild and I hope I will get there when I'm older. Congrats

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on February 10, 2010 at 10:56 AM

Fabulous shot. I like the varying sizes of the elephants, and they're all tack sharp. Congrats on the EP

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Comment posted by mark cillo on February 10, 2010 at 11:32 AM

Really awesome image and congrats on the EP!

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 10, 2010 at 11:50 AM

Thankyou friends ! I'm touched.
Jagdeep Rajput