Elephant!

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This image is created at BR Hills on Saturday the 22nd May'10. There is a calf (baby Tusker) behind that I photographed separately.

Camera Model Canon EOS 40D, 100-400mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125
Av( Aperture Value ) 5
ISO 1250
Focal length 115mm
Hand held

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I like the composition. The vegetation has come out well. Light seems to be pretty bad. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Srikkanth Pushpala]

Hi you are lucky. I just missed this beautiful place /lack of time.i will make it some time. it is a nice shot.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Lovely compo. I like the contrasting colours of the elephant and the vegetation. Wish the one behind it were absent. Nicely done considering the conditions. TFS.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely composition. Its good to see you have tried some nice environment photographs in this trip. I liked the details and the greens in the BG. You got it nicely in the tough conditions. Do post the calf images. Thanks for sharing.

[V S Sankar]

Good sharp image.Little different composition than one normally do while photographing elephants.The vegetation also has come out good as pointed out by Sabyasachi.

Praveen;Do you have some tripods lying idle in your house.Give it to me for free......(You dont seem to use it!)

Regards

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Ladies & Gents - Thank you for the wonderful comments.

Sankar - I wish I had one to gift you:001_smile:, our most gadget ed man in this forum is only Sabyasachi;), he can help you:001_smile:

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Praveen,
The more gadgets I possess, the greater are the problems I face, I mean dropping lenses etc. I had one Manfrotto traveller tripod. It started creaking and groaning under the weight of my 400 f2.8 lens. So gave it to a friend. At the moment using the Gitzo tripod. In 1996 I had bought a heavy aluminimum tripod. It was using it for portraits and landscapes at that time. But was proving to be too heavy to take out from my house. I hope my mom hasn't given it to someone, as I haven't used it for a long long time. Will have to buy a tripod sometime for video work. :scared:

Sankar,
Praveen seems to be working out in his Gym. He is much more fitter than me. I guess that is how he is managing handholding. :001_smile:

[Bibhav Behera]

I like this composition. This is nicely done given the light. Thanks for sharing.