Mother and son, a photo from North-West, North

Photographer's Note

There's a special bond that only exists between a child and it's mother. The baby elephant will grow up knowing that it can always look behind and find it's mother there watching its every step. Pretty reassuring i think.

Taken from vehicle while on game drive in Chobe national park. Chobe provided the best game viewing of all the parks i visited and if you want to see elephants, you won't be dissapointed here. Just prior to this we saw a pride of 14 lions walk across the open plain and cross the road right in front of our vehicle.

Technical

Nikon 70-300 ED with 1.4x kenko teleconverter
(i used a beanbag rested on the window frame for support.)
Exposure: Aperture Priority mode, f/5.6 1/500 sec
Film: Kodak Gold 400 ISO
Scanned from print at 300 dpi, resized, sharpened, increased saturation slightly and added border

elena, Rhiannon, ChrisJ, summer89, Kenny10pin, cool_s15, omritoppol, veimann, Leace has marked this note useful

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elena (1054) 2004-05-05 2:11 [Comment]

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Rhiannon (1728) 2004-05-05 3:18

Lovely moment captured. Elephants are really amazing creatures. They seeme so smart and sensitive. This shows in you picture.
I love the composition and DOF.
Great capture. Thanks for sharing!

ianmcall (1213) 2004-05-05 3:37

I like how they both have the same posture, as if the baby is leading the mother's behaviour. Gorgeous light here. Chobe truly is one of the great wild places left on this planet. A true spectacular spectacle; loved it.

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ChrisJ (171878) 2004-05-05 4:13

Good dof & compo.

henrye (3500) 2004-05-05 5:55

Good photo. I like the vertical lines in the photo and the uncluttered composition. I like the colors, because they are natural and not oversaturated. Tender moment you captured here. Well done.

summer89 (5422) 2004-05-05 6:52

Great moment you get, Brendan. It's a very nice compositon.

Well done

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-05-05 8:40

very nice shot here, nothing like a nice stroll by the water.

Really nice natural picture, well done

RGatward (20108) 2004-05-05 9:09

Very lucky with the PoV, given that you were in a vehicle. Very well caught and composed. Te out of focus landscape in te background catches the mood just right.

cool_s15 (4050) 2004-05-07 4:39

This is a great animal daily life shot, Brendan. Great size comparison between them. Nice composition!

papagolf21 (152607) 2004-05-07 5:19

Une bien jolie photo de Maman et b饕� 駘駱hant Brendan. Les couleurs sont bien satur馥s. Je suppose que vous avez gard� un excellent souvenir de ce voyage.
Tr鑚 bien fait.
A quite pretty photograph of Mom and baby elephant Brendan. The colors are well saturated. I suppose that you had an excellent memory of this voyage. Very well done.

jhonny_blue (4956) 2004-05-07 5:28

Very good composition Brendam ! Itｴs very good and kind !
The DOF is perfect !
Very weel done !

omritoppol (826) 2004-05-08 2:47

It's a great moment you caught here Brendan, i like the colors in the picture, and the background slightly blurred. Thanks for sharing

veimann (1269) 2004-05-08 18:26

Forgive me for female affectibility, but they are charming!!!! The impression is created, that they cheerfully march swinging trunks here and there:)) I am in love with this photo:))

Leace (20) 2004-07-22 15:24 [Comment]

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katya11 (334) 2005-11-06 19:26

Brendan,
This is a great shot! I really like the composition with the two elephants off center a little bit. The coloring is really nice also.
Thanks for sharing,
Katie
P.S. Yes, the lighting was natural in my shot of the pianist's hands. Thanks for your comment/critique