Tuesday, 12th July 2011
Zambezi Stretch
by Etienne Oosthuizen
Every year the winter thorn tree drop hundreds of valuable pod onto the Zambezi flood plane, which feeds the numerous inhabitant through the winder months, this particular elephant could not wait for the pods to fall.
Equipment: Canon 50D and 70-200 f2.8
Etienne Oosthuizen
Etienne is a professional guide with an invaluable enthusiasm for wildlife photography. A born and bred Zimbabwean and having grown up on a tobacco farm, he has always been exposed to the great outdoors.
His guiding career started at an early age during his school holidays, with canoeing trips down the Zambezi, but then became his profession in South Africa. Now with more than 8 years experience in 5 countries, and with many hours spent behind a camera, Etienne has been published in local & international magazines and newspapers. His photographs have also done well in a variety of competitions he has entered in, with 2010 being a particularly notable year, winning the Canon and Africa Geographic competition for May 2010 as well as being a semi-finalist in the 2010 Windland Smith Rice international photography competition.
Website: www.photographicafrica.com
Zambezi Stretch by Etienne Oosthuizen was photo of the day on Tuesday, 12th July 2011. It is tagged Elephants. You can leave a comment below.
42 Comments
Daniel D
What an awesome shot! I’m very excited to be heading to Africa this week and hope I can get something close to this great photo!
Bill Kenny
What an amazing shot-sort of an animal portrait candid, nearly…. beautifully framed and wonderful almost-three dimensional color!
Ginger Sanders
That is one of my favorites ever. Very well done.
Terri
Great capture! Very unique shot.
Gina
Wonderful shot!
julie schmidt
I can’t quit looking at this picture. Wonderful shot Etienne.
Rashid Mukoon
Right moment,right place,excellent capture,i just call it the dance of the elephant,thanks.
Rashid Mukoon
Right moment,right place,excellent capture,i just call it the dance of the elephant,thanks.
Flame
wonderful!!!
Ruben Vicente
Wonderful moment!
Etienne
Thank you everybody for the comments, and thank you Earth shots for choosing my image for today …
Tilana Stander
Well done! It is one of those photographs that you keep on going back to look at! Great shot!
Hannes Thirion
Great image Etienne.
gregg darling
Super shot.
michael van staden (RSA)
brilliant – well done Ettienne!!
Md. Akhlas Uddin
Great Shot!
Wanda Krack
A cute picture. Thanks for the explanation.
Marie Dunphy Harding
This is a ‘brings a smile’ shot. Is that how he balances, with his back legs askewed ?
Jo-annvanderburg
A great shot, love the elephant,one day I would love to see wild life like this, you were there at the right time. thank you for sharing.
Aloke Sahu
Haha this makes me smile
. Great photograph!
Pat
Love it!
Hüseyin kanarya
A wonderful image
Rajib Singha
A hilarious yet poignant image! Congrats…
Helen Hart
What a picture! Talk about a STRETCH….
Libby
I love this picture! Such a great shot of the elephant, getting a treat from the tree.
Yasmin
What an interesting and funny shot of this elephant. Great timing and awesome capture.
C. Fitzgerald
Fab shot !!
mary blankenship
Nice shot,looks like he’s really going for something good.
Linda Pothiers
I was given a small wooden box with elephant carvings which sits on my coffee table, when I saw this….what a great gift you were given with this amazing shot!! Etienne. hope you don’t mind if I print it to frame. God Bless you for sharing this …still in awe…..Linda : * )
Morkel Erasmus
Congrats bud! Well done on this one…
Laura Milholland
Humorous and unique pose and in such a wonderful setting, lighting-wise. Delighted to see it as POTD! Congratalations!
Kimberly Gould
It’s like a kid with the cookie jar. Even elephants need to learn patience. Great photo
art x
this image is brilliant. unique and technically well captured
Pauline Jones
Very nice capture; well done.
Graciela Díaz
Good timing !!!
Corina
That’s great Etienne, proud of you!. I love to see the wild life through your eyes and camera!
Deleigh Hemres
AWESOMMME! LOVE IT
Krisnendu Sar
What a lovely capture. Excellent POV and exposure too. Congratulations.
Damona-Art
Wow, what a great capture!! Really Love it
Preeti
This is amazing! The elephant almost looks dainty.
subrata bhattacharya
Great shot. This is one of my favourite. Congratz!
KAMRAJ RAMDHANI
Great shot.right place at the right time. excellent POV.