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The trunk


The trunk
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Copyright: Hans Spruijt (GreenBaron) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3175 W: 935 N: 11437] (48794)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-01
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma 70-300mm APO DG Macro, ScanDisk UltraII 8GB, 58mm UV
Exposure: f/8, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-06-20 11:15
Viewed: 310
Points: 21
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The trunk

Here a close up of the trunk of Radza the bull at the Emmen Zoo. What you see on top are the tusks of Radza.

From Wikipedia: "The proboscis, or trunk, is a fusion of the nose and upper lip, elongated and specialized to become the elephant's most important and versatile appendage. African elephants are equipped with two fingerlike projections at the tip of their trunk, while Asians have only one. According to biologists, the elephant's trunk may have over forty thousand individual muscles in it,[38] making it sensitive enough to pick up a single blade of grass, yet strong enough to rip the branches off a tree. Some sources indicate that the correct number of muscles in an elephant's trunk is closer to one hundred thousand."

PP work: small crop, slight adjustment of shadows and highlights, decreased saturation with 10%.
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  • Great 
  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1268 W: 0 N: 2483] (20320)
  • [2009-06-20 11:24]

Hello,

mangigique détial, quelle iamge, une merveille, ette belel trompe d'éléphant, avec sa peu dout plissée, de toute beauté.

bravoe t amitié

Nicou

hans, you must be joking with us. *g* i love this very cool idea and excellent close-up - give him a peanut..
but without the slight noise, stronger contrast, maybe even a little bit brighter and a tighter crop without the wooden
board on top it would be even better. best wishes & take care, thor.

OMG!.... I'm sorry..I'm a girl! ewwwwwwwwwww...but it's a good photo...hahaha! That thing scares me very much! The quality is very good, the subject makes me scream!
HAHA!
B-)
Linda

  • Great 
  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2498 W: 56 N: 3862] (17484)
  • [2009-06-20 13:34]

Hi Hans,
Impresive photo of the elephant Hans, original in very good contrast. With mad colors and light. Very good work.
Regards.
Janusz

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  • sande Gold Star Critiquer [C: 57 W: 1 N: 4] (1409)
  • [2009-06-21 0:53]

Ik vind 'm bijna onsmakelijk, maar daarmee ook wel weer goed gezien en gemaakt. Ik heb wat twijfels over de bovenkant, maar die zit er nu eenmaal.Goed verhaal.

Groet Ben

  • Great 
  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2720 W: 405 N: 2973] (32719)
  • [2009-06-21 1:00]

merhaba dear Hans...
very enteresting detail and shot...
selamlar

You're well hung Hans :) great detail of your trunk "elephant trunk" that is

Very interesting crop and so sharp, love the soft pink texture, well taken.

  • Great 
  • sela Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 479 W: 1 N: 472] (3756)
  • [2009-06-21 11:09]

Hi Hans, what a splendid idea you had and the result is GREAT! More of it, please.
Regards Rose

  •      
  • pozaru Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3555 W: 736 N: 2391] (18990)
  • [2009-06-22 1:03]

hehehe, excellent, really excellent !


thanks,
v

  • Great 
  • Ejtaan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 971 W: 99 N: 2249] (11339)
  • [2009-06-22 3:19]

Wat lief!
Prachtige scherpte hoor... en mooie kleuren en details.

Gr.,
Anneke

  • Great 
  • Tomek Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1312 W: 47 N: 2914] (16758)
  • [2009-06-22 20:28]

Technically perfect and very funny - nice POV Hans - I like this idea!
Tom:)

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