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Bipedal Eleohant 2
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Bipedal Eleohant 2

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 23, 2011532 views12 comments
A further sighting of this amazing balancing act, also taken at Chikwenya concession, Zimbabwe, 14th September 2011

EOS 1D MkIII

70-200mm MkII at 200mm

ISO 400, F3.5, 1/2000

Comments

12 comments
Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on October 23, 2011 at 10:53 PM
Another fantastic capture of this (for me!) very unusual natural behavior, how I'd love to have one like this in my collection, excellent work my friend :^)
Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments
Comment posted by Danny Laredo on October 24, 2011 at 11:59 AM
Fantastic image!
Registered on March 18, 2008, 71 Posts, 332 Comments
Comment posted by Max Waugh on October 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM
This is great, Ken. You were in the perfect position.

Max
Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 24, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Thumbs up for your choice of framing!
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on October 24, 2011 at 1:09 PM
Even better than your previous post of this Ken! :toast:
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Comment posted by David Hemmings on October 24, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Awesome pose, this is really cool, well captured :toast:
Registered on May 26, 2006, 178 Posts, 1680 Comments
Comment posted by Brad Hill on October 24, 2011 at 11:14 PM
Hey Ken,

That's one unique look at an elephant - perhaps not quite as graceful or delicate as a ballerina tho! Techs look just great as well - excellent detail on the larger version of the shot. I also like the lighting and the composition works well for me. This isn't a nit, but I do wonder if you need quite so much vegetation showing on the top of the frame?

Cheers...thanks for sharing this one!

Brad
Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 24, 2011 at 11:47 PM
Thanks to everybody for your comments, they are much appreciated. But I really think the Elephant is the one that deserves praise, just how do they do that?

Vincent ,

This is from a separate sighting to my first about 5 minutes earlier, but I am pretty certain it is the same Elephant, just a different tree.

Brad

I had the same thought process as you, but thought that more at the top emphasised the amazing height.

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 25, 2011 at 8:41 AM
Great balancing act, beautifully captured !
Jagdeep Rajput
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 25, 2011 at 3:35 PM
:biggrin: Super cool elephant behavior photo. I'm with Brad's thinking, perhaps a tighter crop from the top would give it a stronger impact. Sweet Photo as is though Ken!!!

Ken Archer
Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on October 25, 2011 at 3:46 PM
Way to cool, I like this one better than your previous post because nothing is behind the elephant but really both are amazing images in the sense that the elephant can even do this. The larger image was a pleasure to view, well done.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 26, 2011 at 12:10 AM
Jagdeep, Ken and Jim,

Thanks for your comments they are much appreciated :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments