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Picture of the Week 6 September 2005

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Picture of the Week 6 September 2005

Postby Greg B on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:10 pm

I must disclose a personal interest this week. I really love elephants. Rosanne and I have travelled around Thailand
a couple of times, and we were captivated by these gracious beasts.

This week's PotW is from a Canon user (!!), DionM.

I like this shot a great deal. The differential focus between elephants one and two, the beautiful rendering of the texture
of the elphant's skin, the tight crop - all add up to a very pleasing portrait.

I am not entirely sure whether I feel sad for them, as the thread is titled - I would hope that their lives are fulfilling and
happy. Maybe that's just to make me feel better.

Great shot Dion, excellent PotW.


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Postby gstark on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:19 pm

Thanx for reposting this message, Greg. It's a shame that such a wonderful image needed to be reposted as PotW because of the antics of a dickhead turkey coward.

Dion, Congrats again for a wonderful image, well composed, and with sharpness to die for.
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Postby waspo on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:19 pm

I agree, and love the sharpness too! Well done Dion!!
So, do we know what Canon camera and lens were used?

GREG: Have you ever heard of the Vengeful Elephant! :wink:
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:22 pm

Congrats Dion. Is there an echo around here or is it just deja vu. You really hit the bigtime with this shot. First POTW from a Canon user and (thanks to those dreaded Turkish hackers) the first POTW to go for a fortnight. VERY different from the Anzac Square pic we won't mention (and which I never saw!) As I said when this was first put up as POTW I love the detail in this and the diagonal of that ultra sharp trunk running across the silky smooth background.
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Postby Alex on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:32 pm

Great image, Dion. Congratulations.

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Postby Killakoala on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:32 pm

It is an excellent image Dion. I believe you have done something difficult to do in photography, that it to capture emotion in an animal.

Well done with an image worthy of the photo of the week.
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Postby johndec on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:32 pm

As I said in the earlier thread, well done, great shot.

I have a feeling this POTW is going to be like Star Trek and Gilligans Island, et al, even more popular in re-runs :lol:
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Postby DionM on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:40 pm

Thanks guys. :)

Waspo - it was shot with my 20D and 70-200 F2.8L.

Quite an eventful entry into this place - my first photo ends up in a 12 page debate and a locked thread, and this one ends up as a two week POTW. 8)

It was an image I really wanted to capture soon as I saw them. To the right of the image was about 100 people lined up to feed them, so it was a challenge to keep them out (no post-editing crops on this image) and also capture what I wanted.

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Postby Jamie on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:47 pm

A great picture, congrats!

Makes we want to reach out and touch him / her. :)
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:47 pm

Well done Dion :D
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Postby leek on Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:24 pm

DionM wrote:Quite an eventful entry into this place - my first photo ends up in a 12 page debate and a locked thread, and this one ends up as a two week POTW. 8)


Please be assured that a 12 page debate is unusual in this place... and that was an extreme case... Ignore that experience and keep contributing... :-)
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Postby gstark on Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:53 pm

johndec wrote:I have a feeling this POTW is going to be like Star Trek and Gilligans Island,


Speaking of which, somebody probably needs to mention the passing this week of Bob Denver. I always preferred him a Maynard G. Crebbs ... :(
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Postby flipfrog on Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:26 am

congrats Dion!!!

amazing details in the elephants face!
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