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Ken Watkins
10-20-2010, 02:40 AM
After scratching his itch, he charged.

Taken on Rhino Island, Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe, 19th September 2010.

EOS 1D MkIII


28-300mm at 180mm

F7.1, ISO 800, 1/2500

Posting this from an uncalibrated monitor in UK looked OK at home hope it is OK on here.
Bibhav Behera
10-20-2010, 04:14 AM
Ken,
This is a beautiful image. I love the perspective here. The egret in the background adds to the composition nicely. Love the details on the tail hairs. :)
I might add another round of sharpening.
Thanks for sharing.
Dumay de Boulle
10-20-2010, 06:06 AM
Very nice..harsh light well handled...Good colour and detail
DanWalters
10-20-2010, 07:37 AM
Very dramatic! Like the color and the comp. The raised foot really adds to the image as well.
Steve Kaluski
10-20-2010, 09:04 AM
Looks like he has got tangled up with ALL those 'legs' :D:D
Stephen Earle
10-20-2010, 02:50 PM
I like the action here a lot. Perhaps a bit of room all-round would add.
Rachel Hollander
10-20-2010, 03:49 PM
Ken - I like this a lot and it has got your signature bird in it too. :D The only thing I'm not usre about are the trees intersecting the ear in the bg. It might look better without them if you were so inclined.

TFS,
Rachel
Gary Hamilton
10-20-2010, 06:15 PM
Fantastic image, especially considering that it was taken at a focal length of 180mm while being charged! Can't wait to see the wide angle shot(s) that I hope will follow. Cheers.
Sid Garige
10-20-2010, 07:10 PM
Real big boy. Like the way mud added character to this guy. Awesome.
Comp works well too.
Austin Thomas
10-21-2010, 06:28 AM
Hi Ken,

Good to see some movement in an Elephant image. Standing on two legs as well.

A very slight anti CW rotation is needed.

Cheers

Austin
Robert Amoruso
10-21-2010, 07:04 AM
The clumsy looking charge adds drama to the image. I would go with a vertical crop in this one. The left side has nothing going on in it.
Steve Canuel
10-21-2010, 07:07 PM
Cool shot. I like the flailing tail. How close does it get before you take off? I agree with Robert on the vertical crop here. Interesting to note the leg position. Seems he should be moving opposite front and back legs.
Ken Watkins
10-22-2010, 03:01 AM
Cropping is obviously a very personal thingg.

Funnily enough he did not come much closer, this was I think the best image of the sequence.

Steve,

You are right about the legs, I had not really noticed that, normally only Giraffe do that.

Rachel,

On Rhino Island it is pretty difficult to get any shot without an egret somewhere in it:)
Harshad Barve
10-23-2010, 07:56 PM
This is awesome , may be a tight vert crop worthy of trying
TFS