Mum and baby Ele

[Marc Mol]

These little guys are not easy to get out in the open and away from the protection of their mother.
Moremi GR- Botswana Sept '09

D3 500VR 1/250s ISO1600@f/4

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

 

[Harshad Barve]

Nice frame Marc, though I would have loved to see full Moma
TFS

 

[Marc Mol]

Thanks Harshad

Who's Morc??

 

[Harshad Barve]

Thanks Harshad

Who's Morc??

Nothing intensional Marc , just a typo

 

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Marc Like the crop focusing on the elethin and just showing a bit of momma the elefat Might just give a little more room on the right for the tusk !!! .. great setting !!!

 

[Steve Kaluski]

Seems today everyone is pulling the shots 'out of the bag'!

Marc this is really good, the soft, gentle light, fine detail in both elephants, the crop (to me, is right) and the hardened mud all make towards an excellent image. Love it!!!

Being really picky now, but the dark, black area rhs edge by the leg, might make that part of the BG colour, as my eye keeps getting drawn to it? But no big deal!

Nice one.
Steve

 

[Todd Frost]

Nice image Marc. Nice soft light and the texture of the mud is great. Cute little guy. I see what Steve is talking about with the dark spot rhs and agree making it the bg color would be nice. TFS
Todd

 

[Austin Thomas]

Hi Marc,

I really like the crop you have chosen here to empahsise the scale.

On first glance I had not noticed the dark area, I was drawn to the main character. On further inspection, and looking for it, I can see that it would be better without the dark area.

tfs

Austin

 

[Stephen Stephen]

Marc I wish that this one was mine. I might be tempted to clone out the upper third of a couple of the OOF foreground blades of grass that intersect the Baby's right ear and truck.

 

[Roger Clark]

Marc.
Cute baby and nice image of the baby in nice soft light. I don't like the mother's face half cut off. I think the image would work better (at least it does for me) if the mother's tusks were cropped out. Then one would see just the mother's legs and the baby. Also a little less open space on the left. That crop would make it a great image for me.

Roger

 

[peter delaney]

I think you have the makings of beautiful image but for me the crop does not work , too much space on LHS .And I want to make eye contact with mother .
I am all for thinking out of the box and experimenting with crops , so applaud you on that.

peter

 

[Marc Mol]

Thanks everyone for their input and comments, much appreciated.

 

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Marc, excellent detail on the little guy, and I like how you have included the parent. What would make an even greater image is the little one all by himself, in that BG. Hope you managed to separate him, but I know how the parents protect them from wandering away.

 

[Sid Garige]

Marc,

Fantastic comp and excellent execution. Really like this image.

 

[David Fletcher]

Well Marc, you have them going here. One of those special images that push people out of their comfort zones... So many different crop views .... Stay put!!! by design if it can create that amount of differing views it has to be regarded as successful. (an image needs to create some sort of reaction, emotion or trigger some sense...doesn't matter whether it's good, bad or indifferent, or all, pat on the back)... stick with AS IS and enter it in competitions.... what the heck do we know anyway. best regards, Dave

 

[Steve Kaluski]

(an image needs to create some sort of reaction, emotion or trigger some sense...doesn't matter whether it's good, bad or indifferent, or all, pat on the back)

David, this sums up exactly what I have always said, but perhaps never found all the right words in one. totally agree 110%, spot on.

BTW unless it's © to you, I might have to borrow it from time to time.

Steve

 

[Marc Mol]

Well Marc, you have them going here. One of those special images that push people out of their comfort zones... So many different crop views .... Stay put!!! by design if it can create that amount of differing views it has to be regarded as successful. (an image needs to create some sort of reaction, emotion or trigger some sense...doesn't matter whether it's good, bad or indifferent, or all, pat on the back)... stick with AS IS and enter it in competitions.... what the heck do we know anyway. best regards, Dave

David, this sums up exactly what I have always said, but perhaps never found all the right words in one. totally agree 110%, spot on.

BTW unless it's © to you, I might have to borrow it from time to time.

Steve

Agree Steve,
David has a way with words, and has described different views/opinions on photography very well.

Cheers
Marc

 

[Morkel Erasmus]

I quite like that only part of mum is visible and also love the fine details and baked mud.
works very well for me as presented!

 

[Steve Canuel]

Also like it as presented. They baby appears very confident and there's just enough of the mother visible to show where he gets that confidence from.

 

[Hendri Venter]

For me the composition is just perfect. I like the mud and skin textures. Many congrats on another fantastic image Marc.