Shake it Off


Posted by Morkel Erasmus on Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:52 pm

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A large solitary elephant bull in a remote corner of Etosha.
He was in musth and shook his head indignantly as he caught my scent - I was safe in an underground concrete bunker though...

By the way, I chose the title of this photo long before Taylor Swift had a hit song with that name... ;)

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by Gary Briney on Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:02 pm
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Superb shot -- the perspective from the bunker really makes the shot.
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by clement on Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:03 am
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The B&W.. low angle is adding to the drama here
 

by Fur and Feather on Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:27 pm
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Nice capture, like the use of B/W for this image,
 

by Marc on Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:37 am
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Morkel Erasmus wrote:
By the way, I chose the title of this photo long before Taylor Swift had a hit song with that name... ;)
Love the low angle and suitable B&W conversion here Morkel, although I must say Mariah Carey's 2005 title/song would have beaten you to it :lol:

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by david fletcher on Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:40 pm
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gotta love this Morkel. Title is not too shabby either!
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by Carol Clarke on Fri Nov 21, 2014 4:57 am
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Classic 'shake, rattle and roll' perfectly captured Morkel!
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by Chris Kayler on Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:27 pm
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I'm bummed that you beat me to the punch regarding my Taylor Swift comment! Great image. The low angle perspective really, really shows the towering magnificence of this elephant. I think the black and white treatment was a great idea for this image. I do think that this image is suffering from some jpeg compression ... the sky looks quite blocky and compressed, in particular.
 

by Morkel Erasmus on Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:59 am
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Thanks folks
Chris agreed - nothing wrong with the high res file though, all 36 megaxpixels look great :)
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