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Headstand

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 17, 2011197 views7 comments
This Young Elephant is enjoying hinself at Hgweshla Waterhole, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 2nd September 2011

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held whilst sat on a camping chair

:biggrin:

F7.1, ISO 400, 1/500

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on October 17, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Neat pose! Certainly a different image of an elephant. Wonder what the little one was doing? Nice detail in the elephants skin. TFG.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on October 17, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Looks like a not so successful attempt at extracting minerals :biggrin:

Fun to watch them when they are yet to master their trunks. My only wish is for the eyes to be more visible.
Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 18, 2011 at 12:53 AM
John and Anand,

Thanks for your comments, I just loved the pose, the shadow of mum is a bit of a nuisance.

I think that Anand has the answer to what it was doing. :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 18, 2011 at 8:13 AM
Greta little picture Ken, while Anand's no doubt spot-on with his explanation of this behaviour, my silly mind preferred it before without knowing, as I love an image with such great caption potential, even if the caption has absolutely nothing to do with what we're actually seeing - LOL ;^)

Seriously, always interesting to learn something knew about animals I love so much and this is still a fun picture for me in any case, thanks for sharing Ken :^)
Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments
Comment posted by Brad Hill on October 18, 2011 at 8:31 AM
Hey Ken,

Definitely ranks as one of the best camping chair shots I've seen! :wink:

Detail seems very good (especially for a hand-held shot) and you've captured an interesting behaviour. Given the symmetry of the pose I think I'd opt for a centred composition myself, but that's simply an issue of personal preference.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this one...

Brad
Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 18, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Very different, very much unusual but very good !
I may prefer to burn the foreground a bit.
Jagdeep Rajput
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 19, 2011 at 12:28 AM
Ashley,

Thanks for your comment, Elephants are such fun.

Brad,

The 4 of us sitting on chairs by the waterhole would have made for a good picture but there were too many Elephants :biggrin:

Jagdeep,

Thanks for your comment, I see what you mean.
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments