The Charge

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 8, 2012216 views7 comments

After posting a very old photo, here's the latest one.
I was shooting a herd of elephants in Corbett National Park, in June this year and one elephant, suddenly decided to charge. While Elephant was charging in forward gear, my jeep was reversing in back gear, I was trying to shoot the elephant, standing on jeep, trying to maintain my balance at the same time. The blurred line you see at the bottom is actually, out of focus hood of my jeep.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 50D; 70-200mm; 1/800 sec. at F 4.
Jagdeep Rajput

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7 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on October 8, 2012 at 12:46 PM

Amazing quality considering your circumstances! Fine detail, the blurry hood is not a problem IMHO. Thanks for sharing this experience.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 8, 2012 at 5:54 PM

Cool. I love the extended front foot and my only wish would be for the situation and the hood of your jeep to have given you a little more room at the bottom! I really like the sense of movement accented by the dust, too.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 10, 2012 at 2:34 PM

Very impactful image, Jagdeep.

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on October 11, 2012 at 5:50 PM

exciting moment Jagdeep!!
I presume he was dusting himself given the "clouds" around him?

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 12, 2012 at 10:04 AM

Thanks friends!
Lon, I do have the frames w/o hood, reserved them for the competition.

Morkel, he wasn't dusting, dust was flying because he was running.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on October 12, 2012 at 10:14 AM

I had the same thing happening to me twice in Zambia last week, even though we were at a good distance away a big cow charged us at full speed for about 8 seconds - the longest I have ever experienced. Scary stuff. Glad you survived.

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

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on October 14, 2012 at 4:30 AM

I have visited Kenya, Tanzania (every year from 2004), Botswana, and South Africa and have been sort-of charged by an elephant only once. But, in India, I have been repeatedly charged by these pachyderms so many times that I have lost count! My personal view is that Indian elephants are more short-tempered and tend to charge far more often than African ones. Is that everyone else's view as well?

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