Elephantscape (repost)

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 8, 2011199 views11 comments

Kaziranga National Park (India)

Canon 40D, Canon 70-200mm f/4 IS
1/320s, f/8, ISO-400

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 9, 2011 at 1:41 AM

Really like this atmospheric animal-scape Sandipan, love the bird in the upper left quadrant too!

Although the lay of the land may been exactly as we see it here, if this were mine I'd be tempted to give a slight counter clockwise rotation to better level out the line of the horizon ... then again, I might be looking at this wrong, in which case pay me no mind ;^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on October 9, 2011 at 8:09 AM

Impressive image. I also like the bird. Would like to have seen the elephant from a slightly lower position so its back does not blend in to the line of shrubs (?) behind it. Of course that may not have been possible. Thanks for sharing, that is a very nice Asian elephant. My guess is a bull.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on October 9, 2011 at 8:43 AM

Well shown perspective...elephant to bird ...elephant to mountain... adds nice sense of depth...

Registered on September 19, 2009, 198 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 9, 2011 at 11:10 AM

The colors in the scene are great and the elephant adds scale and interest to the image.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on October 10, 2011 at 7:48 AM

Very nice Sandipan. This would not work half as well if it were a tusk-less elephant; despite this being an animalscape with the subject quite small in the frame, those enormous tusks are still impressive and the focal point of the image.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on October 10, 2011 at 4:50 PM

Love the wide perspective here Sandipan! Gorgeous mood added by the mists and the layered BG.
I have not seen many Indian Elephants in images with tusks as large as these

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 10, 2011 at 5:15 PM

Sandipan,

I like this a lot as posted, not sure that I would change a thing. It has a very nice feel to it plus the mountains, grasses, mists give this a great sense of place.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on October 10, 2011 at 9:09 PM

Very dramatic. Like the mountains in the background with the low clouds.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 12, 2011 at 9:56 AM

Great atmosphere n cool shot !
I believe this has been posted earlier but this one looks better
Jagdeep Rajput.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 12, 2011 at 10:14 AM

I can only agree with everybody else regarding the atmosphere captured here, magnificent tusker as well

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 14, 2011 at 1:03 AM

Stunning photo. Love the receding mountains, fog and the bird on the left showed up right on cue. I noticed that the horizon of the foreground field might use some leveling.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments