Elephant Herd/Bandipur

[Praveen Siddannavar]

It rained heavily on the 2nd Oct'10 evening at Bandipur forest, the forest was completely flooded. There was no sighting of any animals, we reached a water hole and sighted a herd of elephants, bathing in the water, few having soil bath and this one had a complete package in the Spa;) including rubbing her belly on the soil. It was nice to see this behavior. I could not get the first few images while the herd was in water as I had the 500mm, later I connected the wide angle lens and took few shots.


Camera Model Canon EOS 7D, 17-85mm
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/50
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO 3200
Focal length 85mm
Full Frame
Handheld

[Bibhav Behera]

I like the behaviour captured. The Pose looks nice. Would have liked some more space on the right. The light seems to be pretty low. Thanks for sharing.

[Mrudul Godbole]

I liked the greenery. The sitting pose is nice. Wish the elephant in the centre was moving away. It is good you used ISO 3200, don't see much noise because of it. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

How big was the herd? It often becomes difficult to isolate one from the others. Nice behaviour. The dust and mud bath is a good way of keeping their skin clean. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Sabyasachi there were ~10-12 elephants including two calves, not in frame.