Canon EOS 1 D Mark II, Canon Ef 28-135 f3.5-5.6 IS lens, ISO 400, f6.3, 1/160 at 135mm, full frame image.
This image was from my recent Bandipur National Park trip in India. This was a small herd of three but they were aggressive. This is one of the shots that is sharp when the elephant was charging and the jeep was moving. At this point the speed of the elephant and the jeep were same and then we moved away. I had to manual focus as I had dropped my lens and the AF was making lot of noise. I felt like transported to the 1990s when I was clicking with manual focus SLRs. :D
This one looks very angry! I am glad you were escaping in a jeep. Great action image. Now if you could only reach out and turn the head so both eyes could be seen! LOL :eek:
Elephants arent to be messed with. Not sure who are the more aggressive, Indian or African, but Im not going to test the waters on that one. Their ears are definately much smaller. He certainly looks like he means business, and like the hint of his foot off the ground showing movement. Glad you made it safely.
Paul,
There are few differences between the elephants in India and Africa. Our elephants have smaller ears. There is one finger at the tip of the trunk where as in African elephants it is two. Also the top of the head of our elephants is humped - like a bean bag with depression at the middle. In case of African elephants it is curved. The height of our elephants is less, and so is the weight. Female elephants don't have tusks, unlike their african counterparts. In some cases the male elephants also don't have tusks, like this one.
In this case, you can see the ears folded inwards. The trunk is also folded inwards. These two are signs of an elephant charging. These gentle giants run fast and it is tough to run away from them.
Elephant Charge
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