Thursday, 6th November 2008
Elephant and Mt Kilimanjaro
by David Lazar
A classic image from East Africa - an elephant in the foreground and the snow capped Mt Kilamanjaro in the background. While the mountain is in Tanzania across the border, it can be viewed clearly from Amboseli, Kenya, where the weather and conditions are hot and dry.
This elephant is wading through a swamp and eating the grass as it goes.
Equipment: Nikon D70s
David Lazar
I'm a photographer from Brisbane, Australia - and one of the joys for me (outside my musical profession) is travelling and capturing moments of life and beauty through photography.
My favourite styles of photography: Portraiture and landscape. Also, in general, I prefer shots which contain an element of 'cannot be captured exactly again'; that is expressive people shots, action shots and any scenario with a unique aspect to it.
Website: david_lazar
Elephant and Mt Kilimanjaro by David Lazar was photo of the day on Thursday, 6th November 2008. It is tagged Elephants, Mountains. You can leave a comment below.
29 Comments
Steph
This is so beautiful, really gives the feeling of being there.
Anurag
WoW. the first impression one gets is that the Elephant is kneeling down.
Polarizer to reduce the distant haze could have helped
Pauline Jones
Absolute classic.
omar franco
wonderful! you got it right! (=
try to keep straight horizonts, just my 20 cents
Tom
Great photo. I would like to go there!
Bruce Emery
Nice capture fellow Ausie I use the same camera.
Malta Photography
Very nice natural capture. Great shot as ever and very rewarding. one of kind image composition.
ziggy
Hey David thanks for my new screen wallpaper! Elephants are my favourite beings, and this photo captures this awesome child of nature faultlessly – right down to the long eyelashes! Beautiful detail from a distance. It’s funny when you look at it quickly, you’d think that bird is riding on the elephant’s tusk.
Aruna
Just an amazing shot, congratulations. Hmm, I have a second hobby of music in addition to photography, but my profession is in software. This is the type of photography inspires me to get out and shoot again. Thank You.
Renee
Classic indeed!! Nice capture!
planet lover
Very nice picture of an elephant in a natural environment. It’s so sad to see them caged in zoos or working as circus props! I loved the mountain too!
Joyce
Great picture Dave !
Pay no attention to the critics
Eileen
Great shot, making a new path. Good show.EZ
Marie Dunphy Harding
I see a great creature ‘in the moment.’
Dennis
Great composition. I like the shot. Too bad about the tilted horizon!
Nick
Great shot – horizon issue can be fixed with photoshop. Curious to know your position when the shot was taken, in an aircraft or on a hill? Seeing that the elephant was in a swamp, how did you achieve the angle?
Kirk Jordan
The Horizon line looks just fine, given the downward angle and the fact that the left-most part of the picture is farther in the distance. If you were to make the horizon parallel to the top and bottom of the frame the elephant would appear to be slogging downhill. I think your eye got it right.
Michael Ray
Nice shot!! I didn’t even notice the horizon line until reading the comments. But, I think I like the tilted horizon. It brings more of an artistic view. Plus, I dont think straight horizons work best for every image you create.
The image does give the illusion of the bird ridding on his tusk. I would agree about the polarizer though. Congrats on the POD.
Srirama Raja
Great picture.
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So peaceful. We really need to preserve this nature.
David Lazar
Anurag – Maybe you have’t been on a safari but you generally don’t have time to pull out a polarising filter and screw it on while an elephant is walking towards you and Mt Kilimanjaro is in full frame without clouds around it…
If you did you’d no doubt miss a lot of wildlife shots.
Su
It doesnt matter to me whether this is technically right or wrong, I for one would never have seen this lovely creature without Davids POTD
Darlene Sy
Very lovely
Anurag
Maybe what one can do is keep a polarizer pre-screwed onto the lense, if one sees a lot of mist or haze. In the afternoon and with the high ISO capability of todays cameras one can afford a little bit of light loss. Just 2 cents of constructive criticism. I didn’t mean to be negative.
and Of course if you are open to photoshopping, another workaround is to take a shot later with the polarizer, when the elephant is gone and then merge the two files later in photoshop.
All said, a great image *as It is*, and congratulations again!
Ellie
What magnificence in the FG and the BKGD! Awesome catch….waht marvelous animals! Thank you for this visit to Africa!
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great angle … really pro
Su
Wonderful sight.
renee
The background is amazing!
Deborah Flowers
Absolutely Gorgeous! Excellent capture! I most definitely agree w/Ellie…Thanks so much for this view of Africa!