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<\/a>Do you enjoy seeing photos like this? Or do you prefer the animal to be larger in the frame?<\/p>\n
Let me know – drop me a comment on this post and let’s discuss<\/p>\n
Morkel Erasmus<\/p>\n
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Hello everyone. I’ve been a bit flooded of late so blog posts have been sparse. In the beginning of the month, I published a collection of images from my 2014 “photographic year”.<\/p>\n
Though I always do this and view it as a useful way to assess my growth and artistic voice, I purposefully posted only images taken at 100mm focal length or less.<\/p>\n
The image I am sharing today NEARLY made the cut in that post. During our Wild Eyephotographic safari to experience the Great Migration in the Mara Triangle in September 2014, we spent some time with a gentle yet impressive African Elephant bull who was leisurely grazing on the long red oat grass along the Mara river.<\/p>\n
He was right next to our vehicle so I was able to inspire my guests to really work the scene with their wide angle lenses.<\/p>\n
I am a sucker for an “animalscape” and having a circular polariser in front of my lens helped bring out more detail in the sky and tame some of the harsh late morning light.<\/p>\n Do you enjoy seeing photos like this? Or do you prefer the animal to be larger in the frame?<\/p>\n Let me know – drop me a comment on this post and let’s discuss<\/p>\n Morkel Erasmus<\/p>\n <\/p>\n