Giant Interaction

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 12, 2016161 views4 comments

Two young Elephant bulls interacting. They often will engage in friendly wrestling. This image was captured in Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa.

EOS 5D Mark III - EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM + 2.0x - 600mm - 1/800sec at f/6.3 - ISO 1250

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4 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on December 12, 2016 at 9:29 PM

The colors and texture are just outstanding. Great look at both elephant's eys. Well done.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on December 17, 2016 at 10:35 AM

Hi Mario,

Love the textures (all those wrinkles!) and those tusks really stand out too! I have to say this is one of the few animal "portraits" I've seen where the eyes were one of the last things I looked at (and for me are almost unimportant). While they're only a small part of the full frame, I quite like both the green and blue (and really soft) BG colours.

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 17, 2016 at 12:38 PM

Love this one Mario. The placement of the tusks in the frame really make this stand out IMO. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on December 23, 2016 at 10:15 PM

Hi Mario,
I love this one. Unusual angle of a common behavior. I'm not sure why but it seems to emphasize the size of those animals even though there's no frame of reference for how big they are. Also, I love the background colors.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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