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The Elephant
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The Elephant

by Balan Vinod

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 16, 2013134 views6 comments
Folks,

This one is from the morning, and there were a couple of them, and each one had a calf. They are domesticated to do odd jobs at the sanctuary. For some reason the mahout had vanished for a while they took a small tour of the nearby wild. They had gone to their usual wild self, had a mud bath, had some freedom. Thats when I landed up for a photo shoot. For about 10 minutes they were at their natural self. With a elephant in front of you, about 15 meters away, and with a 70-200 lens. Decided to take a few pics of its head.

Does this frame work. FF and not cropped

7D, 70-200F4L

Thanks NPN for your support

Balan Vinod

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on February 16, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Beautiful lighting on this gal! I like how you composed this, it has a nice feeling & the detail of her eye, skin & hair is lovely!
Registered on December 13, 2011, 216 Posts, 1671 Comments
Comment posted by John Clulow on February 16, 2013 at 11:48 AM
I think the sharpness could be improved, looking at the larger version, but I agree with Eirini Pajak as to the composition as to the eye, which to my eye provides a connection to the ancient past.

My disappointment with it is that the initial promise of sharpness in the textures is not borne out upon closer inspection.
Registered on November 1, 2012, 155 Posts, 1079 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on February 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM
I find the placement of the eye interesting and like the close view of the texture of the skin. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 16, 2013 at 4:59 PM
Very good composition. Could use a bit more dof perhaps to address the perceived softness, but awesome photo with nice graphic appeal. :toast:
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 17, 2013 at 2:41 AM
Love your choice of crop here & nice details!
May be you can apply some additional sharpening in the front area.
Jagdeep Rajput
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 19, 2013 at 5:05 PM
I like the quality of the reflective light and warm pink tones against the neutral grey.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments