Since jetlag is still keeping me up at strange times, I processed another image. This one was taken at sunset as a herd of elephants crossed the Sand River. I had hoped to capture some silhouettes but the surrounding foliage and angle of shooting from the vehicle on the river bank didn't really make it conducive. So I dropped the exposure in camera anyway, shot toward the setting sun and still tried to come up with something. I brought the exposure of the sky down further with a GND applied in pp. I decided to leave the 2 partial elephants on the rhs because I didn't think they were too distracting and prefer not to clone but also didn't crop them out to give the crossing ele sufficient room to move into. It was also one of the only days we had any clouds.
Canon 5D3
70-200 II @ 180mm
1/640
f7.1
ISO 1600
HH from safari vehicle, ff, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective color, dodging and burning, sharpened in CCPS.
C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,
Rachel







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. Saying that, I love the reflective colour in the water. 
