Luangwa Bull

[PentUp]

Loxodonta africana. Walking up beneath a sausage tree (Kigelia africana).
Pentax K5II & Sigma 50-500 DG OS HSM

• PENTAX PENTAX K-5 II
• ƒ/8
• 113mm
• 1/125s
• ISO 640

• PENTAX PENTAX K-5 II
• ƒ/8
• 113mm
• 1/125s
• ISO 500

• PENTAX PENTAX K-5 II
• ƒ/8
• 93mm
• 1/125s
• ISO 640

• PENTAX PENTAX K-5 II
• ƒ/8
• 50mm
• 1/125s
• ISO 500

 

[philzucker]

My favorite is #1. What a majestic creature!

Thanks for sharing.

Phil

 

[PentUp]

My favorite is #1. What a majestic creature!

Thanks for sharing.

Phil

Thanks Phil, I like the first one best as well, I think it works best as a portrait orientation crop. #1 & #2 were both actually at 113mm, but I had to crop to meet the 4MP upload limit.
#3 was at 93mm, and #4 at 50mm (he was about 5 m away by then).

 

[cjf2]

Nice animal.
No 2 for me. Gives me a bit more room around the subject or maybe it looks a bit less worryingly close!

 

[PentUp]

Nice animal.
No 2 for me. Gives me a bit more room around the subject or maybe it looks a bit less worryingly close!

I know what you mean. Most of the time I try to show the wildlife in, or interacting with, its envionment. But sometimes I can't resist a good close-up.

 

[Box Man]

Loxodonta africana. Walking up beneath a sausage tree (Kigelia africana).
Pentax K5II & Sigma 50-500 DG OS HSM

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Beautiful beasts or beastly beauties? Neither and both at once, I suppose.

 

[ken53]

Loxodonta africana. Walking up beneath a sausage tree (Kigelia africana).
Pentax K5II & Sigma 50-500 DG OS HSM

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All great. Elephants, always a showstopper. Love them. Your shots bring out the best in them.

 

[ootanaboot]

Great close captures, nice to see the environment too.
If I were to pick... #3 for me. I like the bonus animals (? antelope).

 

[PentUp]

Beautiful beasts or beastly beauties? Neither and both at once, I suppose.

They can be beautiful an terrifying all at once

 

[PentUp]

All great. Elephants, always a showstopper. Love them. Your shots bring out the best in them.

Cheers Ken. Elephants are by far my favourite animals to spend time with. But like all dangerous creatures, you need to keep one eye constantantly on their body language, and the other on an escape route.