Rushing Off

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 7, 201663 views7 comments

Quite why this youngster was in a hurry, I cannot remember, but it was.
Taken at Ngweshla waterhole Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 300 mm
F7.1
ISO 400
1/1250

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on March 7, 2016 at 8:30 AM

Capturing three legs in motion is pretty neat. I was thinking you might crop the other one out to isolate the baby more, but you'd still have the reflection. Great capture!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 7, 2016 at 9:06 AM

Pete,
Thanks for your comment it inspired me to find out whether Elephants ever have 4 feet off the ground, apparently this never occurs.
http://news.stanford.edu/pr/03/elephants49.html

You learn something every day sad

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 7, 2016 at 9:46 AM

The young one appears to be quite playful.
Would love to see the frame, after it cleared the reflection of the back elephant.
Jagdeep rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 7, 2016 at 10:58 AM

I am agreeing with Jagdeep that this would be stronger with the baby a little more to the right in the frame.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 7, 2016 at 5:20 PM

Nice action catch on the little one, Ken. Having the big elephant somewhat soft lets it add context without grabbing attention. The reflections on the right provide some good balance. Any chance the little one was chasing the birds?

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 7, 2016 at 5:50 PM

Love the action and the light on this little guy Ken. If you have a bit more room on the top I would include it. I don't mind the other elephant so much but I don't like that she's very close to the edge of the frame, I wish she had a bit more room. If you don't I would crop it to a pano and remove the back ele. devil

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 8, 2016 at 5:12 AM

Thanks everybody for the comments and suggestions. Cropping was a difficult decision, there were originally two Elephants at the left, I thought about removing both but decided not to.
Mark,
You have jogged my memory, it was chasing the doves. devil

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