The March

We spent 2 days in Amboseli National Park, Kenya, hoping to see Mt Kilimanjaro and the elephants. The elephants walk from the foot hills around Kilimanjaro toward the swamp every morning to feed and drink, giving us many opportunities to catch them as they cross the roads. Here I wanted to capture them walking in single file. I used the 1.4X TC since the single file often got broken as they approach the road and seeing vehicles around. The BG is the base of Kilimanjaro, which was a bit hazy while we were there.

The drought has affected the landscape of Amboseli. Although there is plenty of water and food for the elephants in the swamp, the road was all very dusty and we didi not see as many elephants as we had hoped for. But the good sign is we saw many young babies in every family!

1DX II
500f4 II + 1.4X III
1/640
F11
ISO-800
AV, Evaluative metering, +2.3EV
Bean Bag over safari vehicle
almost FF, cropped for pano to eliminate a distracting spot on the mountain.
Reduced exposure by 2/3EV in DPP4.5, reduced highlights by -1.5 to avoid burning the tusks
Slightly S Curves in PS
Added a few points of Hue?Sat

Thank you for your comments.

Loi

Hi Loi - This works very well. Nice choice on the dof and you've brought out good detail and texture on the eles' hides. The pano crop works. Only thing I wish is to be able to see a bit more of the babies.

TFS,
Rachel

Nice group image here Loi! Works well for me as well. Good colours and contrast.

Hi Loi, like the angle and contrast in the overall capture, but I wonder if you went higher to include the nice 'canopy' of the trees may have added to the frame? Still too low on the SS for me. :w3

TFS
Steve

Hi Loi -- Lovely image and what a great place Amboseli is to photograph these magnificent animals. Nice details in the image and i liked the way you have captured the whole heard.

Hope you got the frames with the majestic Mt.Kili as well ?

TFS !

Hi Loi , like the perfect lined up group .
All works for me as presented .
Colors do look very nice .
Lovely work .Just wish for a bit more room on RHS in an ideal world .

TFS Andreas

A nice lineup with good colour tone, Loi.
I agree going without the 1.4 might have given us a tad more context...
I've yet to see Amboseli so you have me green there!