I love that picture. The light has captured the texture of the skin beautifully, and the fact that he/she has 3 feet off the ground gives him a surprising lightness, and makes him seem to be having fun, in a puppyish sort of way. Just the hint of the mother's presence is exactly how it should be, although I would have preferred it if we could see her foot on the ground.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Igor Roshchin > Sent: 22 March 2007 02:42 > To: PDML@pdml.net > Subject: enablement and PESO: baby elephant > > > I just recently purchased a SMC 2x-s Pentax TC. > Last Saturday I had a chance to use it at the Wild Animal Park: > they had a week-old(!) baby-elephant. Since the baby was "tiny", > and at a significant distance, I thought it would be a nice test > for the TC. Unfortunately, I forgot to take the tripod with me, so > it was handheld: Pentax SMC 2x-s Tamron 70-300 4-5.6 at about > 200-250mm > 1/750 exposure on a *ist DS set at ISO-800. > No manipulations, except for RAW-jpg conversion and > smart-sharp mask in PS and resizing. > > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/IMGP5086w2.jpg > > It was hard to get a good composition: most of the time the baby was > behind the mother. > Unfortunately, also the time was limited (they took him > inside a building > where he became asleep). > I may come back there next weekend, if I can find time for it, > .. but he will be twice as old then. > > Igor > > PS. Comments are welcome. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
