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by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 1, 201795 views3 comments
When we first visited Selous in 2004 Elephants were everywhere, now as a result of intensive poaching they are not. We saw very few.
This is one of the lucky ones!
EOS 1DX Mk II
200- 400 mm F4 at 320 mm
F 6.3
ISO 800
1/500
EV + 0.33

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on September 1, 2017 at 9:41 AM
I like the detail in the elephants skin as well as the head swinging pose.  Maybe darken the bottom just a bit.  Unfortunate story it tells.  TFS.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Nishand Venugopal on September 1, 2017 at 8:11 PM
Very sad to hear that, hope these beautiful creatures thrive back in their domain again... Nice frame, but maybe one thing I felt it that I would like to crop it a little be to see him more closer.

With regards,
 Nishand Venugopal
Registered on January 3, 2017, 123 Posts, 84 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 4, 2017 at 3:27 AM
Thanks for your comments and suggestionsdevil
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