Framed Elephant

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 21, 2012334 views12 comments

Sticking with the elephants of Mana Pools - how about this big guy? He provided so much enjoyment and photographic bliss...this is the LEAST of it. I will unravel more of it later!

Here we were backtracking as we were on foot and he was kind-of noticing us and coming in our general direction. He was still very relaxed, and we snapped a few frames from between the massive trees of this forest.

The light was awesome.

Techs:
Nikon D3s with Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f5.6 @ 1/400 SS @ ISO-560
handheld

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on June 21, 2012 at 4:36 PM

Now that's a natural frame worthy of this giant. Excellent exposure! Well done.

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Comment posted by Danny Laredo on June 21, 2012 at 5:58 PM

Killer image Morkel.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 21, 2012 at 8:50 PM

Sweet shot Morkel. Classic frame.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 21, 2012 at 9:21 PM

This is an outstanding image. The light is sweet, the composition is great, the focus is right on and the dof is great. I like every thing about it.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on June 22, 2012 at 12:57 AM

Oh my gosh, do you never get bad images! It's like everything you take turns out amazing!

Beautiful lighting, pose, setting, detail...what else could I say but amazing image!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on June 22, 2012 at 5:25 AM

thanks so much for the very kind compliments, folks

Jenaya - of course I capture 'bad images'...I do it all too often for my own liking...I'm just not posting them here haha

You will flinch if you know how many frames of a "once-in-a-lifetime" sighting I screwed up on this trip all because I was so excited I didn't give a second thought about adjusting my settings...

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 22, 2012 at 11:58 PM

I love the natural framing but I wish the sky was not so hot. I think you could make some great alternate crops.

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on June 23, 2012 at 11:40 AM

If this is just a sneak peak what can we expect fro what's coming ........... Great framing, setting and light !!

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Comment posted by Nancy Wolfe on June 27, 2012 at 7:06 PM

The only thing I can say is, 'WOW"

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 3, 2012 at 10:44 AM

Beautiful frame n great framing !
I find the tree in the BG bit annoying.

Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on July 3, 2012 at 11:37 AM

Thanks so much guys

for me the trees in Mana Pools are part of the package and they are so iconic I almost treated them like animals in their own right when shooting

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Comment posted by Ruben Vicente on July 6, 2012 at 6:12 PM

Wonderful light, intense look. Great composition like you know best.

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