Elephant!

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

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

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

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

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.

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.

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

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:

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:

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