# Feisty Elephant

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** editors-pick, wildlife\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518 "2018-12-04T07:12:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ken\_Watkins](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@Ken\_Watkins](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ken_Watkins)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518/1 "2018-12-04T07:12:41Z")

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Taken in the dried bed of the Ruaha River in Tanzania  
EOS 1DX  
100-400 mm F4 MkII at 200mm  
F6.3  
ISO 800  
1/1600

##### **_You may only download this image to demonstrate post-processing techniques._**![Elephant_V2R1448](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/7/7c18a3e8dc688b86fd2853130738effbc10733b8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518/2 "2018-12-04T15:06:00Z")

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Great pose and action, Ken.

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**Author:** ![Terri\_Barnett](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/terri_barnett/32/2299_2.png) [@Terri\_Barnett](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Terri_Barnett)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518/3 "2018-12-04T23:24:03Z")

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Agree with Dennis. And I like the flying mud. Does this have a greenish cast to it?

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**Author:** ![JRajput](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jrajput/32/10866_2.png) [@JRajput](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/JRajput)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518/4 "2018-12-05T08:07:16Z")

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Quite a dynamic image of elephant and you have got some nice details in the wet elephant. Flying dust is a nice addition.  
You may try to level the horizon.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Bernabe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/richard_bernabe/32/10998_2.png) [@Richard\_Bernabe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Richard_Bernabe)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518/5 "2018-12-05T10:00:54Z")

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Very nice, Ken. To me, the image frame is a little tight. I would prefer to give the subject some more room, particularly along the top and bottom

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**Author:** ![Jim\_Zablotny](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_zablotny/32/3919_2.png) [@Jim\_Zablotny](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_Zablotny)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518/6 "2018-12-05T12:19:29Z")

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Great pose and if you have some more space on the bottom, go ahead and try another version. I like the mud flying around–great action…Jim

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**Author:** ![Ken\_Watkins](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@Ken\_Watkins](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ken_Watkins)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/feisty-elephant/2518/8 "2018-12-13T12:45:25Z")

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Thanks very much for the editors pickI.  
I cannot see an green cast, I agree it needs more room, the need for rotation is I believe caused by the river bank which is sloping and bot the horizon