Golden Giant

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 23, 2014115 views10 comments

An Elephant enjoying a refreshing swim in warm golden light. Image taken at Kumana Dam in Kruger National Park, South Africa

EOS 5D Mark III - EF300mm f2.8L IS USM - 1/800sec @ f5.6 - ISO 320

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10 comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on February 23, 2014 at 7:39 PM

Hello Mario

Sweet Light!:) Great details in the skin with mud caked and streaming down to drip back into the water. The dark area running down through top of its head , eye and below the eye is a distraction for me. Is it a reflection from a shoreline post or tree ?

Bill

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on February 23, 2014 at 8:55 PM

Beautiful warm light. Love the details in the skin. Beautiful image

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 24, 2014 at 11:57 AM

The light, the head turn and the pose makes it a winner! A top-notch image!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on February 24, 2014 at 5:16 PM

Very pleasing image Mario. Love the dripping water, the light, I also like how the trunk is still partially under water. You framed this nicely.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on February 24, 2014 at 7:09 PM

Wonderful light with nice detail throughout.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 24, 2014 at 8:38 PM

Love the golden light, it reminds me in a funny way of the old James Bond movie, "Goldfinger!"

He really does look like he was painted in gold paint. The faint dark shadows, top center and top left, also caught my attention, and I bet you could almost eliminate them with careful selective processing.

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on February 24, 2014 at 9:26 PM

Thanks for all the feedback guys !! Now that you have all pointed out the shadows on the forehead and below the eyes it is bothering me too

so will try to do something about it ....... don't really know where it's coming from. I guess I will have to go back to the RAW file

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 25, 2014 at 12:35 AM

Sweet portrait with wonderful light, Mario.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 1, 2014 at 6:24 AM

I love how this kind of light makes them look like bronze statues.
Nice moment here.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 9, 2014 at 5:59 AM

Mario,

Great light and skin detail, shadow is not too distracting for me.

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