Battered Elephant

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 16, 201573 views5 comments

This "old lady" has clearly had a hard life one tusk missing (not that you can see the remaining one) and a bad argument with a tree tearing of a good part of her ear.
Taken in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
EOS 5DS
70-200 mm F2.8 at 105 mm
F5.6
ISO 400
1/1600

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on December 16, 2015 at 2:12 AM

Ken,

I have seen some elphants with only one tusk, but never one with such a ear. Says a lot of her and you documented very well.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 18, 2015 at 10:07 AM

An excellent documentation of this lady Ken, I think it's an interesting composition with the elephants in the lower right adding to the shot. I feel like a little more room below would enhance it if you have it as the ear which is in some respects the main subject of the photo is quite near to the bottom of the frame. devil

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 18, 2015 at 10:48 PM

This works as a documentary capture just fine. The water drops look crisp as does the eye, but given the unusal state of the ear and its power to draw the eye, it is a little unfortunate that the ear itself lacks the same good focus.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 19, 2015 at 5:27 PM

Very nice, Ken, but I do have a weakness for portraits of battered old timers regardless of species.

devil

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 20, 2015 at 4:09 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments much appreciated devil

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