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Stu Bowie
11-02-2009, 01:38 PM
A mud bath to get him through the rest of the day. We watched a couple of elephants splash and roll around in this mud pool. Taken in Sabi Sabi, a private game reserve. This was actually taken from the balcony of the lodge we were staying in.
Canon 20D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/400
F/8
ISO 400
EC 0
Hand Held
Morkel Erasmus
11-02-2009, 02:38 PM
great action captured Stu - they do love their mud and water. I like the spray captured. Light getting harsh but handled well.
Harshad Barve
11-02-2009, 08:53 PM
Lovely image Stuart , elephant looking so cute here
TFS
David Fletcher
11-03-2009, 11:48 AM
Wow! Love the action here Stu. Was this EP? The spray adds a lot of interest. Thanks for sharing.
Stu Bowie
11-03-2009, 12:01 PM
Thanks a stack guys.
Dave, a small lodge called Ntomi House, very close to Arathusa.
Marc Mol
11-03-2009, 10:26 PM
Light getting harsh but handled well.
I felt for sure Morkel was going to suggest a B&W conversion.;)
Stu Bowie
11-04-2009, 03:19 AM
Thanks Marc. A B&W may have been good, and Morkel's a bit slow in suggesting it. LOL.
David Fletcher
11-04-2009, 01:01 PM
Thanks a stack guys.
Dave, a small lodge called Ntomi House, very close to Arathusa.
Thanks for that Stu. Appreciated, :):)
Hilary Hann
11-04-2009, 07:03 PM
I like the elephant action but on my monitor it doesn't look quite sharp and there is a large light area between the eye and trunk tip which I find disconcerting. Understand the limitations you were working under though. Elephants are much harder to capture than many non-photographers imagine, so well done despite the harsh light.
Stu Bowie
11-05-2009, 12:27 AM
Hilary, thanks a stack for your feedback. I do agree the light was getting harsh, and Im the first to admit that ellies arent always easy to expose.
Betsie Storm
11-05-2009, 03:58 AM
Stuart, Nice action capture. Agree on harsh light difficulties especially with wet ellies- have several rolls of somewhat underexposed wet Savute ellies in my archives. I would attempt to get a tad more detail in the dark areas of the ellie out of PS- not sure if it is do-able, though. Alltogther a nice image.
Stu Bowie
11-10-2009, 02:04 PM
Hey Betsie, thanks a stack.
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