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    Canon 5DM3, Canon f5.6 400mm@f5.6, 1/400s, ISO 200, HH, on foot. PP: Bridge/CC - cropped slightly. The old bull, Boswell, would shake the tree to provide fresh food for his group. Note the radio collar.
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    Hi Doug -- Nice scene here - love those flowers / leaves in mid-air, which tells the story of the old bull shaking the tree. Wow - what huge tusks on that guy! Nice detail and IQ overall. I might try a slight crop from the bottom to see if that takes things up a notch or not.
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    Great image of these gentle giants...as Mark said...I really like the falling leaves frozen in the air...The old man providing food for his family!

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    Hi Douglas, nice science in good light. Good sharpness and details. I wish you had not cut off the elies on the left and right, but understand you had a fixed 400. Loi


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    Hi Doug
    When the image was opening, I thought I saw a lot of artifacts in BG, love the falling pods!
    Agree with a sliver off the bottom.
    Your gamble to get sharp image at that SS handheld paid of, well done.
    Agree with Loi, but one can not crop differently.
    Nice one..
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    Hello Douglas!

    Lovely behavioural shot and I agree with Andre and Loi, good sharpness and details as well as colours-well done!!!

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    Hi Douglas - Nice storytelling image. I agree with the above comments.

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    Agree with all above and some nice 3d effect here too. Great behavioural shot that always goes a long way to adding to a already great image. TFS Douglas.

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    What a morning...and what an elephant.
    I think you did as well as you could framing with a 400mm fixed lens here, Doug. I would support a slight crop from the bottom and perhaps the top too?
    I think you can back off the sharpening just a tad as presented here.

    PS: folks take note that what he's shaking from the tree are seed pods of the Faidherbia Albida tree, a favourite snack of elephants in both the Mana floodplains and the Hoanib riverbed in Namibia...
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    lovely behavioural image, I agree maybe back off the sharpening a little on the ele's because there is a really abrupt transition from ele to background.

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