The Wall

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 18, 2016181 views11 comments

I'm thrilled to post here the image, which is more than 20 years old !?!
Actually my agent recently returned all my slides, as they have no place now in the modern libraries. He told me that many photographers want their old work to be destroyed, but I didn't have a heart to do that, instead I paid him the return cost & got my pictures back. There were few images, which were very close to my heart, so I decided to get them drum scanned n here's the result for you to see.

When I encountered this scene, I had 70-200 mm lens in my hand, so I shot this at 70mm. A friend, who was with me at that point, purchased a Linhoff panoramic camera to shoot this kind of scene. He kept that camera in his bag for about 8 years, but things never repeated.

Thankyou so much for your kind attention & views !
Canon film camera & 70-200mm lens.
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on July 18, 2016 at 11:31 AM

This is fabulous Jagdeep and I'm sure you're thrilled with having salvaged this gem. Having this many elephants liked up so perfectly is unique. I really like seeing how the youngest are sheltered amongst the bodies of the adults. Congrats. Richard

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on July 18, 2016 at 4:28 PM

Just great! The larger image is a treat to view. It's perfectly exposed to my eye. I wouldn't have the heart to destroy all those images, as I'm highly sentimental ;). I hope to see more from your slides that you got back!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 18, 2016 at 8:58 PM

Don't think I would want to be that close to the elephants. Really like how the big elephants are protecting their young. Great image. Glad you decided to save the slides.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 18, 2016 at 9:24 PM

That is a once in a lifetime shot. Fabulous!!

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on July 19, 2016 at 6:26 PM

What a spectacular image! Really like how you have framed this shot. Must have been a thrilling experience to encounter this wall. Glad you made the effort to retrieve the slide and post it here.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 21, 2016 at 8:53 PM

Great shot Jagdeep, the pano works really well here, love the couple of youngsters peeking out. devil

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 22, 2016 at 3:18 PM

I can certainly see why this is a favorite, Jagdeep, and I look forward to seeing more of your old images. I certainly wouldn't let something like this be thrown away. Magnificent image with superb detail. The youngsters peeking out through the adults are really a neat feature.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 24, 2016 at 4:02 PM

Hi Jagdeep,

This is cool. While I normally don't like seeing the "hand of man" in wildlife shots, in this case I think it works...and it makes it appear that the elephants are intentionally blocking the road (and for all I know, perhaps they were!). For me the mix of sizes and age classes adds a lot to this shot.

When I look at the detail view of this shot on a standard resolution monitor (100 ppi) it looks a tad over-sharpened. As is normally the case, when the detail view of the shot is viewed on a HD monitor (e.g., retina) that "over-sharpened look" goes away. I normally find it best to sharpen for standard resolution monitors (they are still in the majority of the viewing public) and then they look good on ALL monitors...

Nice to see that the "oldies" still are "goodies"!

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on July 26, 2016 at 10:53 AM

What a shame it would have been to chuck this image - I absolutely love it!

grt, Ingrid.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 1, 2016 at 3:27 PM

Glad you saved this one! Happy you shared it! Thanks for both. Fine image.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 10, 2016 at 8:18 AM

Jagdeep.
A truly wonderful image devil

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