Asiatic elephant - Slush bath

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) in Bandipur Tiger Reserve.

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, f3.2, 1/400, ISO 640, full frame image.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[V S Sankar]

Fantastic image Sabya.Great action frozen at the correct moment.The animal and the splash have come out nicely.I dont know whether you got the full frame and the spalsh?

Regards

[Bibhav Behera]

Lovely image. I like it very much. The eye contact is nice and the slush looks nice. What is the bird like object in the background on the top right?
Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Sankar,
I purposefully created this composition and excluded the hind portion of the elephant. There were a few distracting bamboo shoots and I didn't want the attention to be focussed there. This image is a full frame image and there is no cropping.

Bibhav,
The bird is a Myna. The Myna knew the shower was imminent and flew to avoid it.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Sabyasachi this is an excellent shot, great action captured here.
tfs