Dinner time

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 2, 2015124 views4 comments

Indian Elephants n the art of cleaning the grass. After plucking the grass they beat it against their feet or just shake it in the air to get rid of dust and insects. This pic. was taken late in the evening.
Sony SLT A99V; 500mm; ISO 800; 1/160 sec. at F 5.
Thank you so much for your views n comments!
Jagdeep Rajput

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4 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 2, 2015 at 6:10 PM

I've seen this behavior with African elephants. Very interesting. Nice background on this one and I like the flying grass.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on March 5, 2015 at 9:17 AM

I didn't realize they did this....thanks for posting!

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on March 7, 2015 at 6:49 AM

A very pleasing image Jagdeep ! The movement captured on the elephant dusting of the shoots of grass adds to this image.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 8, 2015 at 3:50 PM

Hi Jagdeep,

Technically strong (love the exposure and colours) and both the textures on the elephants' skin and the flying grass add to the shot. The info on the "tool" use of the elephants is interesting as well. Those swarms of insects above (and in front of) the elephants' heads nicely illustrate why such a behaviour would be useful!

Cheers...

Brad

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