May
02
2011Dancing Elephant
This elephant female certainly looked to be dancing, and to be honest I’m not too sure what she was trying to do here. She was just metres from our vehicle, so maybe it was a half hearted mock charge, given the position of her ears. I shot this at wide-angle, and a few inches above the ground last month in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
Taken using a Nikon D3s with 24-70 zoom lens at 35mm, f/9.5, 1/750th, and ISO 400.
Scott W
Beautiful photograph. Great timing and nice low angle.
David Lloyd
I was still in the vehicle. The camera was lowered on a pole down to the ground outside the vehicle and triggered by a remote release. It takes a little practice and you have to be careful not to annoy the animals too. With any sign of annoyance by the elephants we wisely moved on.
Mike gaudaur
Great perspective. So, how were you only inches from the ground in the Mara? Were you still in a vehicle?
Lucy Corrander
I think I wouldn’t like to offer to dance alongside her.
Lucy