Elephant taking bath

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 28, 2010123 views9 comments

It's a great joy watching Indian Elephant taking showers in the hot summer evening. This tusker continued to do that for more than 30 minutes resulting in many wonderful pics.
Since it's a 7D picture, it has lots of megapixels. So I'm giving two crops, smaller one is a full frame. Kindly let me know, which one you prefer.
Kindly note that lower POV was not accessible here.
Thankyou so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 7D, 500mm, ISO 125, 1/320 sec at F 4.5
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Butch Lama on July 28, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Superb shot Jagdeep,I'm a fan of your Elle's images.Having said that I prefer the larger frame here which shown lots of details & action.

Registered on July 23, 2010, 42 Posts, 316 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 28, 2010 at 2:10 PM

I was smiling upon viewing the thumbnail. I like both. That said, the real subject of this capture is the act of spraying water about his face,mouth and ears and I think the cropped version is therefore more powerful. Thanks for posting this one!

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 28, 2010 at 2:22 PM

Very cool action especially with the open mouth and one tusk. I think having more room around the animal globally would have improved this image.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on July 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM

Great detail on the larger version Jagdeep, but I prefer the FF one, although both can work equally well with a different objective. I like the addition of the small. bird in the FF version

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by kiran khanzode on July 28, 2010 at 4:58 PM

Love the huge amount of detail in the shot, 7D is a phenomenal camera for the $$$$. I like the full version (on this page).

Registered on February 21, 2009, 83 Posts, 428 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on July 30, 2010 at 1:13 AM

Great timing! Like the splashing water.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 30, 2010 at 12:55 PM

Nice work Jagdeep...I like both, but think the first one is my favorite. Reason being....the crop looses a lot of water on the left of the image and takes away from the scene IMO.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Norm Krell on July 30, 2010 at 12:59 PM

Both are great but I like the full frame better.

Registered on August 20, 2008, 0 Posts, 146 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 31, 2010 at 8:01 PM

Great shot. I really enjoy looking at this. Both versions are really nice. I enjoy looking at the full frame one, but after looking at both several times I think the crop makes even more of an impact if that is possible. They both are super nice!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, Wi

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments