Wildlife IOTW Grant Atkinson for the week ending 12/24/2010 - Savuti Elephant Sunset

Congratulations Grant Atkinson for your image "Savuti Elephant Sunset" being chosen as the Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending 12/24/2010!!!

Canon 5Dmk2, 16-35mm f2.8 lens, S/s 1/40 at f4.0, Eval metering, +1 Exp comp, iso 1250, handheld from the ground, focal length 16mm, cropped from 21 to 17.4mp, Processed in ACR6 and CS5. Location Savuti Bush Camp, Botswana. 15 Dec 2010, 19h08pm. We were on the grassy edges of the Savuti Channel with this herd of elephants, and after the sun set they moved out to graze on the channel grasses. I was able to position ahead of them and the sky did the rest.
All C and C welcome
Cheers
Grant

www.grantatkinson.com

Congrats Grant, beautiful shot!

Well done Grant, congratulations on a fine image. :cheers:

TFS
Steve

Congratulations Grant . you know how much I love this

thanks to all for the comments, and the suggestions on processing this shot..much appreciated. Great way to end the year.
Cheers
Grant

Fantastic image Grant! Congrats on IOTW!

Really special Grant! Well deserved recognition for this image!

Grant, Congratulations and an awesome image!!:)

Big congrats Grant, well deserved.
Todd

Congrats! What an outstanding image!

very well deserved Grant!! mind-blowing image...
:D

Congratulations Grant. One of the best posts yet in Wildlife.