Joy

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 30, 2011168 views13 comments

Young Elephant enjoys its bathtime at Ngweshla waterhole, Hwange NP, Zimbabwe 5th September 2011.

Hwange is in my humble opinion the greatest place for Elephant in Africa.

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand held from picnic chair

f7.1, ISO 800, 1/1259, EV + 0.67

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 30, 2011 at 11:55 PM

Love the muddy water, Ken! Cool!

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 1, 2011 at 1:07 AM

Fantastic shot Ken, I absolutely love those flying muddy water droplets you captured here, nicely done!

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on October 1, 2011 at 9:45 PM

Very nice! Like the spray coming from the trunk.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 1, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Thanks evertybody, much appreciated.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 2, 2011 at 12:02 AM

Well that is something I have never heard before, 'hand held from picnic chair'. Wonderful timing to get the muddy water and he looks like he is having a good mud bath. Excellent shot in the bright light, way to go.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 2, 2011 at 5:02 PM

I'd selectively decrease the brightness of the background on this image and maybe give the whole thing a contrast boost - or warm it up some - but overal this is a nice action image with cool behavior seen.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 2, 2011 at 6:12 PM

Love the behavior Ken. Personally, I think the flying dark, muddy water is very effective against the brighter bakground.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 3, 2011 at 12:12 AM

Jim,

We had the best guide in Africa to look after us, we also got tea and cake at 6.00, our campsite was only 400 mtres from where we were

Luke and Ron thanks for your comments

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 3, 2011 at 12:12 AM

Jim,

We had the best guide in Africa to look after us, we also got tea and cake at 16.00, our campsite was only 400 mtres from where we were

Luke and Ron thanks for your comments

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Comment posted by Joe James on October 6, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Great photo Ken! I do love the comment "handheld from a picnic chair" as well. Couldn't help but wonder how this would look with a vertical crop. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 6, 2011 at 11:23 PM

Joseph,

You make an interesting suggestion, so I have made one I think it is quite good here it is