Mommy, Auntie, and Me

[Loi Nguyen]

Taken at Amboseli National Park, Kenya when a herd of elephant began to march towards our car and eventually passed right in front of the vehicle.

1DX
500f4 + 1.4X III
1/1250
f5.6
ISO-400
Hand held from safari vehicle

Appreciate your comments.

thank you

Loi

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Beautiful image Loi! Wasn't the 500+1.4X too long?

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Loi - I really like the comp here and the dof. Nice detail too. The elephants seem a little light so I might just selectively give them a boost either in curves or by adding a couple of points to black and neutrals in selective color.

TFS,
Rachel

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Loi,

love the comp, very nicely done. Overall I like the image very much. I agree with Rachel on the elephants. Give it a try and have a look :w3

Ciao

Anette

[John Ippolito]

Very nice composition, details, DOF, very soft light - almost a hi key look. A beautiful frame.

[Loi Nguyen]

Thank you all for your feedback. Brightness is quite difficult for me to judge even though I've calibrated my monitor. The image posted here on the BPN site looks a bit brighter than the same image i have in JPG. I added a little more contrast using Curves and cloned out a small dark spot on the LHS. Let's see how it compares with the OP. Loi

[dankearl]

Nice image, the repost is a brighter and I prefer the OP.
The Elephants would look better a bit darker and I think that is what Rachel suggested.

[jack williamson]

Excellent detail and comp. I think I can see more detail in the ivory in the OP.

Jack

[Loi Nguyen]

Thank you everyone for your comments. Here is a repost with the elephants darkened by using Curves. Thank you Rachel for suggestion. Hope you like it better.

Loi