You do the Hokey Cokey (Pokey)

[Ken Watkins]

Far too much noise in this I am afraid, but it seems a good subject for a Monday morning.

Taken at Okaukuejo Waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, 2nd September 2008.

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 plus 1.4x IS bean bag on wall

F9, ISO 1600, 1/100

[Lorant Voros]

Noise is not too bad IMO, but noticable. Nice subject indeed; like the look and the raised foot. At Halali you could sent to clock to these guys, they were there every evening at the same hour dominating thewaterhole.TFS.

Lorant

[Todd Frost]

Nice pose on the little guy. At this web size noise isn't a real issue. I like the raise foot and the dust he is creating adds to the image.
TFS
Todd

[Morkel Erasmus]

like the pose, dust and textures here Ken! believe it or not, I've yet to visit Etosha...

there's so little colour in this one I would be tempted to do something in monochrome here? I know you don't particularly like toying around with that medium ;)

[Marc Mol]

High ISO not a problem at this size Ken, the dust and raised front foot enhancing well here.
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to everybody for your comments and suggestions.

Morkel,

I used to work solely in B& W in the mid 60's that is probably why I like colour and also digital, here is a surprise for you. I must confess to taking the easy way out and using Nik Silver Effex Pro, but then I have been using Nik for many a long year. I liked it darker.

[Harshad Barve]

One mighty fine image and re-post rocks , OP has some amazing colors too
TFS

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - I like the raised foot and dust too. I think I prefer the op with the slight pink of the skin tone coming through.

TFS,
Rachel

[DanWalters]

Like the raised foot and the dust below the elephant. Actually like the color version.

[Ken Watkins]

Harshad, Rachel and Dan,

Thanks,

I Suppose it comes as no surprise if I say I prefer the OP, I think the setting sun adds a nice tinge.