Jumbo Fireball

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 25, 2015134 views14 comments

An Elephant on the run.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 5D III; 70-200mm; ISO 400; 1/250 sec. at F 4.5.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 25, 2015 at 4:04 AM

Jagdeep,

fantastic cool

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 25, 2015 at 5:49 AM

Jagdeep,
A truly beautiful capture, it has everything devil

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 25, 2015 at 7:18 AM

It does look like a fireball. Great capture.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on November 25, 2015 at 11:53 AM

Jagdeep: dust, flying bits of dirt and backlit flared ears. Hard to ask for anything more. Fantastic. Richard

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on November 25, 2015 at 1:22 PM

Nailed it! An exceptional image. If it were me, I'd have been a human on the run. You must have been quite close.

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Comment posted by Louis Pattis on November 25, 2015 at 3:07 PM

I can smell the dust and feel the ground shaking. Great take, I think this little fellow is charging and not running from anything.

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 25, 2015 at 9:02 PM

That's pretty scary, especially considering you were shooting with a maximum 200mm lens! Oviously, you not only survived this close encounter but you captured an amazing and extremely dynamic shot. You perform very well under pressure, Jagdeep frown

An excellent exposure, especially considering that the elephant was backlit and the centered composition actually is the best choice for this kind of shot because it puts the focus squarley on the fast approaching elephant which is exactly where it would be in this case! Great capture! devil

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on November 26, 2015 at 6:56 AM

An elephantine meteor. Great shot devil

......................Jim

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 27, 2015 at 2:26 PM

That looks pretty intimidating, nice job keeping your cool and capturing this excellent shot Jagdeep, the dust in the bg makes the shot for me. devil

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on November 27, 2015 at 2:35 PM

Great action shot, Jagdeep, well accentuated by the dust and the light!
Grt, Ingrid.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 29, 2015 at 9:01 AM

Hi Jagdeep,

A VERY compelling shot - well done! Love the dust, the action, and the lighting is excellent. Would love to know a LITTLE more about this encounter if you have the time to elaborate a little (e.g., was it charging YOU or away from something else, etc.).

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on November 29, 2015 at 2:06 PM

The backlit dust cloud is very cool.

I'm trying to figure out what the red on the ears is. Is it mud, or blood? It's very intense.

Max

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 29, 2015 at 8:08 PM

Thanks Max! It is neither dust nor blood, but thin skin of ears against light.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on November 30, 2015 at 12:54 PM

Ah, good call. Makes a lot more sense now. cool

Max

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