Chobe Elephant

Posted by Nate Chappell on Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:40 pm

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An image of an African Elephant taken from our boat on our Chobe, Botswana tour last year. I liked the way the light was just hitting his tusks and head, Full frame

Canon 5D3 500F4 1/2500 F8, iso 800, manual exposure

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by Matthew Pugh on Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:28 am

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Hi

Nice shot of this big fellow – I like it

I assume the lighting is a lamp from the boat?

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by Nate Chappell on Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:42 am

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Thanks Matthew, it was late afternoon, I purposely underexposed the image to make it darker there was more ambient light than it looks like in the shot. No lamps used.

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by Matthew Pugh on Sat Apr 12, 2014 1:25 am

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Hi

Thanks for the answer – and a fun play with exposure

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by Ngwinghee on Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:51 pm

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Hi Nate, long time no see. I like the lighting here very much. Just enough to reveal the impressive parts.

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by milosphotos on Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:11 pm

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I think this makes for a moody image. Nice work

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by Cindy Marple on Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:58 pm

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Certainly not your every-day elephant image, good thinking and use of the special lighting situation.

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by Carol Clarke on Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:18 pm

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Nicely done with the dramatic lighting!

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