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Elephant communicating
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Elephant communicating

by Jagdeep Rajput

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 6, 2010270 views6 comments
Male Indian Elephant (Tusker) communicating with the herd. Male Elephants are lone wanderers, who occasionaly join the herd to establish the ownership and for mating. This tusker was trying to pace up with the herd, communicating with them.
Thankyou so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 40D, 70-200, ISO 400, 1/320 sec at F 4.5
Jagdeep Rajput

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Guy Runco on July 6, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Nice shot Jagdeep - that's one big boy!
Registered on September 9, 2008, 77 Posts, 705 Comments
Comment posted by Greg Schneider on July 6, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Beautiful look at this big guy. I especially like the soft, graduated sky.
Registered on February 9, 2008, 84 Posts, 138 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Walters on July 6, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Great color! Love the pose and the raised trunk.
Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on July 7, 2010 at 1:35 PM
Love it Jagdeep! I like the sense of movement and the trunk and tusks pointing in that direction of movement. The shape is what make sthe comp, the DOF is perfect. The only very small thing that is a minor nit to my eye is the OOF bush in the BLC overlapping the feet.
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 7, 2010 at 10:30 PM
Excellent, Jagdeep. I quite like the three horizontal, nearly equal bands of sky, trees, & grass. The bull is beautifully posed and the carriage of his trunk is especially compelling. I also like the wet "saddle." Looking for nits, and it is very minor, I wonder about the fact that his back-line follows almost exactly the top of the treeline. A very slight lower perspective would have altered that effect.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 9, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Excellent shot, I like everything about this and would not change anything. Good detail on the larger version. Wonderful shot and story, well done.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments