Elephant & Dust

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 3, 2012177 views10 comments

You must be getting tired of my Mana Pools images...well I can't help myself

This bull was kicking up dust in the Zambezi riverbed (in the no-man's land between Zimbabwe and Zambia) in search of roots to eat. The setting sun provided plenty of ambience...

I was sitting on the riverbed wide open and exposed, taking in the magnificent scenes all around...wow...

Techs:
Nikon D3s with Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II + 1.4xTC @ 700mm
f7.1 @ 1/1600 SS @ ISO-640
EV -0.3

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 3, 2012 at 6:42 PM

The semi-silhouette of the elephant in the dust and light is so powerful! The little egret, unafraid next to that massive foot is a whole lesson in the natural world. Really caught a good one, Morkel!

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on September 3, 2012 at 7:46 PM

Nice and clean with a lovely layered background. I think every bit of dust kicked up helps in scenes like this (I know I was looking for that last month). Though it doesn't add anything aesthetically, I like the little cattle egret by its foot.

Max

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 4, 2012 at 12:10 PM

Very nice silhouette with detail and I like that you can see a white bird by one of the legs, way to go.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 4, 2012 at 12:12 PM

Great atmosphere with lots of mood here ! The Cattle egret adds a wonderful touch.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on September 4, 2012 at 3:15 PM

Nice light and well exposed and processed Morkel. It is that cattle egret that makes the image special IMO.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on September 4, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Beautiful, Morkel. I like the atmosphere created by the dust cloud. Great tones, and nice work on the exposure.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 5, 2012 at 11:59 PM

Not sure how we can get sick of seeing excellent images Morkel?

Another winner to me. Love the light here and the flying dust tells the story. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on September 7, 2012 at 8:23 AM

I like the layered bg, and the fact that you have managed to separate all the legs and the trunk, the dust....well, just about everything!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on September 7, 2012 at 8:51 AM

You are all too kind...thanks for the great feedback. Glad you liked it!

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on September 8, 2012 at 1:44 PM

Superb image Morkel ........ Love the way you exposed this creating a great mood

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