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Sunrise on the Masai Mara

© Scott Stulberg

Sunrise on the Masai Mara

Uploaded: October 24, 2007

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Tammy Espino October 25, 2007

Georgeous! #770626

Scott Stulberg October 26, 2007

Thank you Tammy!!!! It was a cool morning. He was good at posing too - took direction well!!!! #4983697

Scott Stulberg November 05, 2007

A little more about this photo for anyone who might want to know:
First, we saw the elephant in the perfect spot at sunrise. I knew it would be a great shot, and we kept pulling the truck forward as he was walking to get the sun exactly where we wanted - in front of him, beneath him, behind him. Sunrises and sunsets in Africa are absolutely amazing, and he was a great subject. I also had my white balance set to daylgight, which is where you want it for sunrise and sunset lighting to look the best. I added the water and reflection in Photoshop to give a little more impact to the image. I show how to do this in my Photoshop Tips, Tricks and Filter Magic class at BP. This was the last day of the safari, and I was jazzed that I got this image.

BTW, my lens was a Canon 70-200 2.8 IS, and was set at f8 at 73 mm so I was not zoomed in at all. ISO was 200 and my shutter speed was 6400th of a second because of the bright sun. And when you shoot into the sun, you know almsot always that you will be getting a silhouette, which is just what I wanted. I also got down as low in the vehicle as I could to get the best angle of the elephant. It worked out nicely! #5031429

Shari Kelly November 11, 2007

This one needs to be framed....

My Gosh---even his trunk was perfect!!!

Awesome, Scott...I'm just so blame jealous!!!

HAVE A LAUGH MY FRIEND!!! sHARON...=o)
#5059886

Scott Stulberg November 11, 2007

thank you little Sharon...... you are always too cool ...!!! x scotty #5060032

Nancy Donnell November 14, 2007

This is so beautiful! I love your work, Scott. #5073375

Scott Stulberg November 14, 2007

appreciate that Nancy!! #5073394

Milan Banik November 14, 2007

awesome shot ,just love this. #5073444

November 14, 2007

Very Cool!!!!

I'm so appreciate how you did this rare moment. So patient to wait till the right moment come.

Many Thanks for the information on Post P processing.

Salute for the works. #5073718


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