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Sipping

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 3, 201451 views5 comments
I have not posted an Elephant for ages, so here is a youngster taking a drink from a small waterhole in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 400mm
F8
ISO 800
1/1250

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on August 3, 2014 at 9:19 AM
Cute image. It's as if he is afraid of the water.
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 3, 2014 at 8:55 PM
Nice comp., detail and color.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 3, 2014 at 10:50 PM
The total extension of trunk makes this additionally interesting. I agree the sense of his tippy toes barely to the water plus the trunk makes it feel there is something there he is avoiding.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on August 4, 2014 at 2:14 AM
Like the pose, as well as positioning in the frame!
IMHO would have benefited from lesser DOF.
Jagdeep Rajput
Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM
Thanks everybody, I am pleased that everybody has seen "oddity" of the posture. :toast: :toast:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments