Thatchbonce1945

Elephants-in-the-Dust-Storm

I wanted to try something artistic so experimented with my beloved elephants to produce this. My first art in wildlife.

I wanted to try something artistic so experimented with my beloved elephants to produce this. My first art in wildlife.
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Dec, 2014

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Your elephant photo is jaw dropping, wonderful. Great work.

Thank you all for your kind, positive comments. You are very kind.

Thanks to you all for your kind appreciation and awards. I need to do something more like this.

Many thanks for your kind remarks Carmine9592. I enjoyed creating this picture.

Thanks for the award Frank. I really enjoyed creating this shot. Must do some more of them.

Thank you for the award. I am happy you liked the compo.😊

Robin many thanks for your award. I am glad you liked this picture.

Thanks for the award massimiliano.😊

Thank you Barbara, I am glad you like it.

Thank you for the award McClureB, glad you liked the elephants.

Amandahuerta, many thanks for your appreciation and award. 😊

gardykings thank you for my award. I enjoyed creating this picture of my favourite land mammal.

InInsy, many thanks for appreciation and awart.😄

Lbyers95 Many thanks for your award. Much appreciate

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Location

This is a combination of photographs I took. The elephants were living at Kariba Dam and I was lucky enough to have a wonderful houseboat trip around the lake for 7 days with my family. It was 3 different shots. The tree is an Umdoni Tree which I photographed in Pennington, Natal near a wonderful retirement village named after this tree.

Time

Elephants late afternoon. and the Tree in the morning after a lovely walk.

Lighting

The late afternoon light was complementary to the elephants.

Equipment

Nikon D5100. Sigma Zoom Lens 18-250mm3.5-6.3

Inspiration

I enjoy compos and wanted to depict the elephants in the dust. I loved the shape of the tree and it seemed to lend itself to the composition.

Editing

After processing the RAW pictures into psd, I cut out each elephant and worked out the best placement for them using layers. The tree as well and once I found the correct composition I used the painting brush to create the dust effect.

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Just my camera, zoom and standard lens.

Feedback

Just experiment with various photographs until you get the desired effect. I love to try and use different backgrounds; eg. grunge sometimes if it is suitable of course. Also Photoshop paint brushes are really fun to get misty and dusty effects. Enjoy and have a go.

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Elephants-in-the-Dust-Storm

I wanted to try something artistic so experimented with my beloved elephants to produce this. My first art in wildlife.

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