Little Elephant Stomp - Chobe

[Douglas Bolt]

Canon 5DM3, Canon 400mm f5.6, F8, 1/400s, ISO 400, HH from boat. PP: Bridge/CC, huge crop, darkened and blurred the ele behind the subject.
I like the raised foot and the water dripping from its mouth.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Douglas , very cute capture of this little guy . What dance is he dancing ?
I very much like the line up of water droplets . Color /tones are looking ok , besides the cooked blacks and the very strong blues. Maybe removing the Ele pooh would give a cleaner frame.

TFS Andreas

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Douglas - I agree with Andreas. There's a cuteness factor here and good action but the blacks and blues are problematic. Looks like the light was a bit strong too.

TFS,
Rachel

[Morkel Erasmus]

Nice moment Doug, good light too.
I agree on taking out the blues, but am fine with the blacks as that really helps the calf to pop - if there was detail there the eye would be distracted by it IMHO.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Douglas,

Very cute ellie and really a fun image, that foot suspended in the air and the water droplets make this image for me, as well as the curled trunk:) I agree with Morkel on removing some of the blues.

Kind regards,

[Douglas Bolt]

Thanks. I desaturated the blues and did a bit of poop scooping. Both efforts helped the images, IMO.