Evening Stroll

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 12, 201571 views7 comments

Mum and very young one stroll away from the waterhole at Ngweshka, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

My only wish it that there was less Elephant poo, but impossible in Hwahge , too many Elephants!

The hardly visible bird is a Lilac Brested Roller.

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 560 mm
F5.6
ISO 400
1/1600

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on December 12, 2015 at 10:33 AM

Ken: nice soft light and a great juxtaposition of sizes between the mother and the calf. The photo is slanted clockwise a bit. Richard

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 13, 2015 at 1:59 AM

Ken,

the poses of both are very typicall as it is also that the youngster has to run behind the mum. Actually she looks a bit thin, isn't it ?

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Comment posted by Don McVee on December 13, 2015 at 10:36 AM

Lovely light. Great composition with very nice separation of subject from background.

Registered on November 28, 2015, 5 Posts, 19 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 14, 2015 at 2:22 AM

Richard,
You could be right? However Hwange has many slopes sad

Cay-Uwe,
A little thin but it is "new"

Don,
Thanks devil

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Comment posted by William Bickle on December 15, 2015 at 1:09 PM

Hello Ken,... Great to get the size aspect , from mature to newborn! Beautiful warm light.

Bill

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 15, 2015 at 9:17 PM

Ken the poo believe it or not for me gives more scale. That little one is not much larger than some of the poo piles sad

It does feel a little CW slanted to my eyes also. Even if it is just because of a hill, I think a small rotation would not make it feel that way to the viewer and of course it's an easy fix.I can't get over how tiny that one is...very cute.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 19, 2015 at 2:39 AM

Bill and Kurt,
Thanks for your comments, I am delighted that you enjoyed the shot, I just love baby Elephants.

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