Striping the bark

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 13, 201483 views5 comments

Indian Elephant striping the bark.
Thank you so much for your kind attention & views!
Canon 30D; 500mm; ISO 400; 1/125 sec. at F 4.5.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 13, 2014 at 11:46 AM

A solid nature story that was captured well. The only nit are the leaves right above the back of the head that keep tugging at my eye. I understand eating the foliage, but what nutrients are they pulling out of the tree bark? Many herbivores will do this, but generally only when the more nutritious leaves aren't readily available.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 13, 2014 at 9:35 PM

Nicely compose, with slope of head and trunk leading to lower left. The detail on the elephant is wonderful and invites textural study, making it a little too bad the moving bark wasn't frozen completely. Lovely colors, too!

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 14, 2014 at 9:24 AM

I'm really liking this one. The detail on the elephant is amazing. I do long for a bit more room at the top. The background is killer.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on March 14, 2014 at 9:47 AM

Hello Jagdeep

Sweet capture with impressive detail/.

The back with roughage sitting there makes the image for me with those very fine hairs.

wonder if you crop out the bright side on left back to include the vertical tree trunk ?

Bill

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 16, 2014 at 4:50 PM

Terrific sharpness in the head and trees and a lovely gentle oof background.

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