Close Encounters Of The Big Kind 5 - a photo on Flickriver

            We traveled around lake Kariba for 10 days with a  houseboat. I saw at a far distance a herd of elephants, at least 50. They were coming from the bush and headed to the water. I asked the guide to take the small boat and navigate towards them. He even didn’t notice the herd at that moment. We immediately jumped into the boat and went straight to the herd. It took around 20 minutes till we arrived close to the herd. During that trip, I took several shots. It was a wonderful moment looking at the herd. Sometimes we could get closer, other moments we had to go a little further. Suddenly, they disappeared into the thick dry bush again. What a moment, so intense, and so happy to see this.
   

Taken on: July 7, 2011

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/2.8, 1/3200 sec, 200mm (=300mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300
Lens:	70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	1/3200 sec
Focal Length:	200mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.12 (Macintosh)
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