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    A mud bath to get him through the rest of the day. We watched a couple of elephants splash and roll around in this mud pool. Taken in Sabi Sabi, a private game reserve. This was actually taken from the balcony of the lodge we were staying in.

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    ISO 400

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    great action captured Stu - they do love their mud and water. I like the spray captured. Light getting harsh but handled well.
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    Lovely image Stuart , elephant looking so cute here
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    Wow! Love the action here Stu. Was this EP? The spray adds a lot of interest. Thanks for sharing.

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    Thanks a stack guys.

    Dave, a small lodge called Ntomi House, very close to Arathusa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Morkel Erasmus View Post
    Light getting harsh but handled well.
    I felt for sure Morkel was going to suggest a B&W conversion.;)


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    Thanks Marc. A B&W may have been good, and Morkel's a bit slow in suggesting it. LOL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart Bowie View Post
    Thanks a stack guys.

    Dave, a small lodge called Ntomi House, very close to Arathusa.
    Thanks for that Stu. Appreciated, :):)

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    I like the elephant action but on my monitor it doesn't look quite sharp and there is a large light area between the eye and trunk tip which I find disconcerting. Understand the limitations you were working under though. Elephants are much harder to capture than many non-photographers imagine, so well done despite the harsh light.

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    Hilary, thanks a stack for your feedback. I do agree the light was getting harsh, and Im the first to admit that ellies arent always easy to expose.

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    Stuart, Nice action capture. Agree on harsh light difficulties especially with wet ellies- have several rolls of somewhat underexposed wet Savute ellies in my archives. I would attempt to get a tad more detail in the dark areas of the ellie out of PS- not sure if it is do-able, though. Alltogther a nice image.

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    Hey Betsie, thanks a stack.

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