Runaway

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 25, 2014191 views10 comments

I decided o try a little experiment this one, not to sure if it works?
As can be seen from settings light was quite short.
This young Elephant was running to catch up with Mum in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4EX at 560 mm
F5.6
ISO 1600
1/100

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Scott Fricke on May 25, 2014 at 1:56 PM

I like this a lot Ken! The elephant's head and eye are pretty sharp, where you want it to be and the rest give a great sense of morion without going to an extreme blur. Maybe the only suggestion would have been a little more room on the bottom and not o much on top, but given you were panning at the time and the elephants feet are not visible it's not a big deal. Really well done in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on May 26, 2014 at 1:00 AM

I'm impressed. Wouldn't have thought 1/100th would work well for a motion blur, but you nailed the pan on this one. Nice job, Ken.

Max

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on May 26, 2014 at 1:05 AM

Ken ..this is very emotional ..love this ...it exhibits the energy in the little calf..and the need to catch up ..or being chased by a lion ..beautifully crafted ..well done

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 26, 2014 at 8:31 AM

Thanks for your appreciation

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on May 27, 2014 at 8:23 AM

A fleeting moment, captured very well!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on May 31, 2014 at 9:26 AM

Works really well for me. Fine panning effort showing subtle blur and at the same time keeping the head sharp enough.
The blur on the BG provides a wash of yellows and greens which I really liked.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on June 7, 2014 at 1:22 PM

So lovely! I like the color palette and the motion blur. Wonderful image!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on June 7, 2014 at 9:09 PM

This turned out well, Ken, I like it a lot.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on June 8, 2014 at 12:18 AM

Congrats on WP, Ken !

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on October 19, 2014 at 3:06 PM

So cute, this very small baby - well caught with panning technique. Congrats!

Grt, Ingrid.

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