Southern African Elephant family

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Captured this image near Kwetsani camp, in the Okavango Delta, Botswana this past February. There seems to be a bit of posterization in the sky, which is not in the original file. C&C welcome.

D500, Sigma 150-600mm @ 225mm, 1/800s, f 5.6, hh, ISO 800. Full frame.

Geoffrey




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[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the DOF and you have good detail in the ele hide. I don't know much about posterisation, luckily I am not experiencing much of it. All I can suggest is did you make any adjustments to the sky, if so what happens if you minimised them? I am assuming your resizing and preparation for web is common to your other images?

[John Mack]

Nice view of this family group. Framing looks good and you have nice eye contact with all of them.

[haseeb badar]

Hi Geoffrey -- I liked the head on view and the texture in the hide. Overall the image appears a bit dark to me, might slightly open up the midtones. I also would provide some space in the direction where all the elephants are looking . Dof would have been f/8 atleast here and at the same time pushing that iso. Not sure abt posterization but you could try a BW version here .

TFS !

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Geoffrey - It's great that they all cooperated and looked in the same direction. It seems like you were close so while dof works I probably would have stopped down with a group like this. Watch the whites on the tusks, some are hot. As to the posterization I would echo Jon's questions. Finally, I too would like a little more room on the left.

TFS,
Rachel

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks everyone, and for your suggestions and advice. This is full frame, but with some delicate work I could add some space to the left. Jonathan yes common to other images.

Geoffrey




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