Baby elephants are non-stop comical. They have to figure out so many things, and quickly -- like, what is the purpose of this long thing on their face, where is the milk supply, and how to avoid being stepped on by the rest of the herd. You have to shoot very fast because they are in constant motion, playing, running, and shaking their head to watch their trunk fly about. The only Photoshop work I did here was to remove a leg of a large elephant on the right side of the image. I replaced it with out of focus foliage. My settings were 1/800 (to make sure I froze the frenetic movements of the baby elephants), f/10, and 400 ISO. I used a 500mm telephoto for the shot.
3 Comments
Aug 22, 2019, 4:30:20 AM
Ian Cocking - Hi Jim, could you please send the details of how to purchase this image and sizes available please. thank you.
Aug 19, 2019, 10:14:45 PM
Bob Vestal - All of your photos from Africa are wonderful, but this one is pretty special. "Too cute" as Janie Greene writes below. Thank you for sharing it.
Aug 19, 2019, 6:14:48 PM
Janie Greene - Too cute!!!! I love this one !!!