Ele calf |kabini

[Bhargava Srivari]

f5.6, 1/80sec, ISO 400, EV 0, 180mm, practically full-frame (going by Sabyasachi's formula, a 9% crop), eval metering
canon 60D, canon 100-400 L IS USM

[Mrudul Godbole]

Cute fellow. How come you got him alone? Seems the light was quite bad. A higher shutter speed would have been good. You should have increased the ISO to 800. Some more details would have been good. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

One needs to watch the two noticeably moving parts - trunk and ears - while clicking. When there is a momentary stop of these two parts, one needs to click. Watching for a few minutes will give you an idea. That way you can get away with even with a slower shutter speed.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bhargava Srivari]

Thanks Mrudul. We didn't get him alone..his mother was right behind him but was too close for me to even try and include both the elephants while shooting at 100mm! I happened to shoot a few images at ISO 800 and EV -0.3, with a shutter speed of 1/200sec, but I happen to like this one better because of the slight shake at the leg of the ele (a wierd choice I guess).

[Bhargava Srivari]

Thanks Sabyasachi. That trick will surely help :) However, in this case, the elephant kept running along with the jeep- this image was made when both the jeep and elephant were moving!

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Very cute, love the greens in the image. Agree with comments made
tfs