Elephants wallpapers (4)

The highlight of 2012 for me was this amazing trip I did with my Dad. Such good memories and lots of photographs. This one has a classic postcard feel to it, yet it was right in front of my eyes! I didn't shoot any raw pictures since I feared I would need all my memory for the trip, yet the quality of this one is good so I have to share it.

Adobe Photoshop.

Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM.

Photo settings: 70 mm, f/5, 1/1000 second, ISO 400.

Elephant at the Audubon Zoo, New Orleans.

Adobe Photoshop.

Canon EOS 400D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM.

The second camp in Etosha, Halali, is located next to the Moringa waterhole. I spent my second night in Etosha staying at this camp and watching the waterhole for most of the day. When the Sun began to sink behind the horizon I watched this matriarchal group of elephants drinking at the waterhole. While observing the animals we also had an amazing sunset with an orange so saturated - I never saw anything like it before.

Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop.

Canon EOS 40D, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8.

Photo settings: 1/80 second, ISO 400.

Within the boundaries of Etosha Nationalpark in Northern Namibia there are three campsites. The biggest of them beeing "Okaukuejo", located at a big waterhole with the same name. I spent the first night of my recent visit last November sitting at the waterhole, watching different animals drink and interact. But not only the animals but also the scenery of the waterhole itself, changing colors during the sunset was amazing. That's when I took this picture of an elephant and a giraffe drinking right next to each other at the waterhole.

Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop.

Canon EOS 40D, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8.

Photo settings: 1.3 seconds, ISO 800.