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Collection: Really old stuff
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: San Antonio, TX
Date: Nov 11, 2006
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2006

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Comments: 6
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The elephant that stays in the foreground at the San Antonio zoo. They have two - both females - and they're different kinds. They have their "spots" where they stand. This one rocks and sways back and forth, back and forth. She strikes me as very sad.

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02/28/2008 04:07:47 PM
I believe I would be sad too if my life was just satnding in the same spot day in and day out on display with no freedom to roam. Very nice capture of emotion.
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12/30/2006 01:39:54 AM
the texture here is different than any other elephant shot I've seen. It's so smooth. this tight crop on an elephant's face is becoming almost a dpc cliche. yours is one of the best examples, but I still wonder what this would be like pulled back a little. ah, maybe not. you captured the sadness you saw. what more is needed?
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12/06/2006 07:03:54 PM
I do love this- conveys emotion, nice work.
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12/04/2006 10:23:55 PM
AWW I've seen her as well. I feel like they are wise and know so much more than we. Maybe I'm anthropomorphizing, but......

Wonderful image, Deb.
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12/04/2006 10:12:40 PM
I love their eyelashes. And I agree, they always look sad. But I've seen them photographed in the wild (well, I've seen the pictures anyway) and they still look sad. I think they are very intelligent creatures with deep emotions.
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11/30/2006 03:02:33 PM
I would probably have voted this as a 6. I like it in general, there's a nice level of detail, but the front of his trunk where it looks a bit overexposed is a distracting element.
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