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African Elephant Portrait

African Elephant Portrait



upload_dateFeb, 2016

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mscott207
 
mscott207 May 05, 2016
Other-worldly amazing!
ingeseverinsen PRO+
 
ingeseverinsen May 28, 2016
This is great!
alexandriajames
 
alexandriajames July 26, 2016
What a great split! Love??
Kristina_Krause Premium
 
Kristina_Krause July 29, 2016
This is such an amazing image! Beautiful work.....
marcdewitt PRO
 
marcdewitt August 01, 2016
I love this shot! Reminiscent of the light side / dark side of the moon, but better due to the interesting texture. Great job.
vershinin PRO
 
vershinin August 05, 2016
moon elephant- great idea!
JyoS
 
JyoS August 29, 2016
Nice light! :)
MichaelRung PRO
 
MichaelRung December 25, 2016
Stunning shot. Are prints available? My sister would love this for her elephant collection.
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jacquelinesmit July 08, 2018
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jacquelinesmit July 08, 2018
Amazing Photo. Please enter my Elephant Challenge.

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Behind The Lens

Location
In the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Time
It was actually the middle of the day - this photo started out as full colour but there was a beautiful strong curved shadow line down his trunk and I knew that with that strong contrast he would look great as a monochrome portrait
Lighting
I was out in a reserve so couldn't do anything about the lighting and just had to look for good angles instead
Equipment
It was either a Nikon D3200 or D7100 with a Sigma 18-250mm lens. Am on a road trip at the moment and haven't access to my files to confirm which I used !
Inspiration
I was looking to get a portrait shot and this chap was very obliging, stopping to have a look at us before he walked past. The shadows made it a much more interesting prospect than many other shots.
Editing
To get the look I wanted I changed the colour to black and white and then blended the background to black to put the full emphasis on his profile
In my camera bag
Nikon D7200, Sigma 18-300mm, Sigma 10-20mm
Feedback
As with all wildlife photography - know your subject, do nothing to disturb it, and have a huge amount of patience

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