It was quite fun to watch this teenage elephant who wanted to charge us, only mock, having been in a mud bath prior. I guess our jeep must have disturb him as there was plenty of space between him and the vehicle, but he was also trying to deal with being in 'musth' too as his aftershave permeated the air., so his hormones were all over the place!!!
So, full frame on the width and like Andreas, no time to change as he moved closer. I wished I had put the 70-200f/2.8 on, but I wasn't expecting him to come so close at the time and the 500 was on the other body, stuffed!!! The image also needs more to the RHS of the frame. Secondly and a 'rooky' error, I forgot to reconfigured two of the camera buttons and so instead of dialling the f/stop ie f/9, I dialled in SS, DOH. So lesson learnt, always with a new camera change your menu setting from factory, test, check ASAP and adjust if need be, as this had come straight off the production line when first released and I had one day prior to flying out.
Thanks to those who posted or viewed on the last posting.
Steve
Subject: African elephant, teenager, mock charge, in musth
Location: Botswana
Camera: Canon 1DX MKII
Lens: 500f/4 MKII HH
Exposure: 1/2500s at f/5.6 ISO1600
Original format: Portrait, slight crop, FF on width
Processed via: LRCC Classic & PSCC2019
Teenage Elephant
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