Courting Elephants

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 2, 2010124 views8 comments

Indian Elephants courting.
Begining the ritual of courtship, male places his trunk and chin on the back of female. In case female is interested, she stays put, otherwise she moves on. However in this case, they had a successful mating.
Incidently, only male has tusks in asia, unlike their african cousins.
This is very old picture from the film era, in fact I'm planing to get some of my old slides drum scanned to get nice blow ups.
Canon film camera and 300mm lens.
Thankyou so much for your kind attention & views!
Jagdeep Rajput

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8 comments

Comment posted by Gary Reed on June 2, 2010 at 12:48 PM

Lucky Guy

Registered on September 19, 2009, 198 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by mark cillo on June 2, 2010 at 5:47 PM

Another great elephant shot! Great behavioral capture as well

Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 2, 2010 at 8:29 PM

Nice image, Jagdeep. I bet if you were to take this today you would add a tiny bit of space bottom and left. I really like the gesture of the draped trunk.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 3, 2010 at 4:34 AM

Perfect photo of the behavior you describe. Now maybe you can look forward to finding their calf next year?

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by INGOMA on June 3, 2010 at 11:05 PM

Jagdeep, an interesting scene nicely captured here. I also like the gesture of the draped trunk.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on June 5, 2010 at 6:42 AM

Nice behavioral shot Jagdeep. What film did you use for this? There is a slight green cast visible on my (uncalibrated) laptop, and I wonder what film caused it. Provia?

Registered on March 9, 2004, 285 Posts, 2277 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on June 5, 2010 at 7:32 AM

Thanks Marsel ! This is Provia most likely and you are correct about slight green cast. I needto be careful with my postings.

Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on June 5, 2010 at 10:34 PM

I love the way you have framed this, Jagdeep, by not including the whole tusker. You have captured the essence of this scene - the tenderness! And, Catherine, regarding your comment about finding their calf next year - the gestation period is 22 months! So, if this mating had been successful, they would have a calf about 2 years later!

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments