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chester zoo in the uk took the grandkids on a day out took 35 differnt shots of the elephant enclosure with the elephants from various angles to give me the best chance of getting various groups anglesTime
about 11 amLighting
all made in photoshop!Equipment
hand held canon 100-400L set at 210mm f8 1/500th -0.67 iso 320 on canon 5d mk2Inspiration
took about 20 images in the elephant enclosure wanted do some creative work in photoshop for a camera club competition www.camera-club.net the competition is called fine art needed something differentEditing
used topaz mask 3 to seperate the elephants from the zoo enviroment then added the background taken /made on an earlier occasion made the /cloned the grass so they were not floating then added the lighting on backs and backgroundIn my camera bag
100-400 f4 l canon 70-200 f4 l canon 28-135 caonon either eos 7d or 5dFeedback
take lots they can always be used as stock as the elephants do move around and they can be taken head on side on and from the rear . mother and calf are always nice but single males with tusks are great let your imagination take you to other places !