Majestic Mudbath

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 23, 20071,670 views13 comments

Made this image last week at Corbet National Park in India.
Details - Nikon D200, 600mm f4 af-s, Gitzo 1500 plus Wimberley on a Safari Vehicle, very close to full frame (cropped a bit at the top).
Thanks for your views.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Simpson on May 23, 2007 at 11:22 AM

The shallow dof and perfect focus makes this for me! Nice action, great colour and the contrast of a smooth sky and textured skin works very well. Great shot!

Wayne.

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Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on May 23, 2007 at 12:05 PM

Great shot with the dirt in mid-air.

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Comment posted by Josh Anderson on May 23, 2007 at 1:30 PM

Fabulous! I love the soft light and the muted colors.

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Comment posted by Dave Courtenay on May 23, 2007 at 1:32 PM

Hi Ganesh
Another lovely Elephant image
Regards
Dave

Registered on July 18, 2005, 56 Posts, 462 Comments

Comment posted by John W. Wall on May 23, 2007 at 1:45 PM

Beauty. Nice moment, and great grass! By the way, Jim Corbett's books made me long to get out there someday. Cool that there's a park named for him.

Registered on July 25, 2006, 53 Posts, 179 Comments

Comment posted by Chuck Beatty on May 23, 2007 at 6:00 PM

Ganesh, this is an amazing image. Your chosen DOF works very well here. You've somehow managed to convey the feeling of a contented elephant. My only suggestion would be to crop some of the sky so that the horizon doesn't split the image in half.

Registered on July 12, 2006, 82 Posts, 453 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on May 23, 2007 at 7:01 PM

Excellent image.

Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments

Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on May 23, 2007 at 8:35 PM

Great shot, I like everything about it.

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on May 23, 2007 at 11:20 PM

Great colors and wonderful details! The action in the photo is very very nice.

Registered on September 4, 2006, 237 Posts, 4748 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on May 28, 2007 at 1:51 PM

Congrats on a well deserved EP!

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Comment posted by David Kjaer on May 29, 2007 at 5:04 AM

Great action, colours and composition!

David

Registered on January 4, 2006, 128 Posts, 4170 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on May 31, 2007 at 8:29 PM

What fine action, Ganesh.

The in focus FG grass is an added plus.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Andy-Kim Mšller on June 5, 2007 at 12:29 AM

Nice simple image composing (and i mean simple in a true positive meaning). The Blue / green background contrasts yery fine with elephant. Maybe you can crop the image a little bit in the front.

Nice shot.

Registered on June 5, 2007, 0 Posts, 11 Comments