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Elephant Bay Sunset
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Elephant Bay Sunset

by Mario Moreno

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 13, 2014122 views5 comments
An Elephant making his way back to mainland from one of the many islands along the Chobe River where herds spend the afternoons grazing. Image captured at sunset in Chobe National Park in Botswana.

EOS 1DX - EF200-400mm f4.0L IS USM - 239mm - 1/800 sec @ f6.3 - ISO1600

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on August 13, 2014 at 3:59 PM
This is great. The trunk is in a beautiful "S" shape that is really nice. Well done.
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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on August 13, 2014 at 5:45 PM
Lovely mood and execution here Mario. Pose was picture perfect, as was the sky.
A special part of Botswana and Africa! :toast:
Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments
Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on August 14, 2014 at 8:31 AM
Great colours n beautiful silhouette !
Jagdeep Rajput
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 14, 2014 at 7:24 PM
I find this to be quite pleasing. Having the horizon split the image 50/50 might be going against an oft cited rule of thumb, but I think it works. In a perfect world positioning could have put the elephant enough lower on the water to make his entire outline/backline not touch the horizon. All that said...still a real keeper!
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 15, 2014 at 10:45 AM
Mario,
Great shot :toast: :toast:
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