Raising the dust

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 28, 2011104 views9 comments

Elephant calf ...learning to raise the dust.
It was still learning to use the trunk, as a result, it was just throwing the dust in the air.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 30D; 500mm; ISO 100; 1/200 sec. at F 6.3
Jagdeep Rajput

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9 comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on March 28, 2011 at 11:02 AM

Jagdeep ...do you live with them

you seem to be getting so many nice images of these elephants ...and I go to places like Bandipur and get to see some of them at about a focal length of 2000mm. Well done .. a very nice and intimate image ..

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 28, 2011 at 4:24 PM

Nice sharp image with good detail in the larger version. Good timing to get this and nice job getting the elephant calf in good focus with the elephant on the left. Well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 28, 2011 at 5:14 PM

Spot on for all the technicals and the action is wonderful. Great behavior. My only wish would be for a little more room. They feel cramped.

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Comment posted by kiran khanzode on March 29, 2011 at 1:48 AM

You have the best Corbett images I've seen around here or anywhere !

Registered on February 21, 2009, 83 Posts, 428 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 29, 2011 at 9:04 AM

Hi Jagdeep,

Your elephant images are always captivating! I like the simple colour palette and the detail on the elephants. To my eye the elephant on the left side of the frame dominates this image a little too much and, by its scale and clarity, draws attention away from the young one and its efforts to learn how to use that unique appendage. For me it also makes the image feel a little "cramped". But bear in mind the collective quality of your previous elephant posts has raised the bar so much that it's now easy to be overly critical of a shot that would otherwise be thought of as a stunner!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this one...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 29, 2011 at 11:06 AM

Great action ana well captured (as always!), the young elephant is very endearing!

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on March 29, 2011 at 12:14 PM

Hi Jagdeep,would agree, the focus is very much is on the playful calf blowing dust in the air, but your eyes are drawn to the larger elephant to the left sadly. Might suggest cropping the rear leg right on the edge, to the RHS as it really isn't doing anything and I think it gives a cleaner look? You could also increase your ISO to help SS, especially with the 500.

Ever thought of converting this to B/W?

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on March 30, 2011 at 3:29 AM

Although the composition appears a little tight, it hardly detracts any attention at all from that wonderful young Elephant obviously having a ball playing with that dirt ;^) Real pleasure to look at Jagdeep :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 30, 2011 at 11:42 AM

Love that baby! I wish you had enough lens to totally isolate him! Thanks for this posting!

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