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I took this photo in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, at the recently-opened African
Exhibit. The elephant was lumbering around, having just completed a splash
in the water. As animal photography goes, I attempted this shot at the
absolute worst time -- in the heat of the day. At least I was smart enough
to take a tripod, which really helped on this shot. Note the hairs that
are visible under the chin. It's taken about 200 ft away, using a 300mm
lens. I used a circular polarizing filter to avoid washed-out color in the
bright sunlight.
This photo has been sharpened rather aggressively. To avoid telltale
signs of color fringing, I selected-out the white tusks. The rest of the
image was sharpened. This resulted in some undesirable noise in the
background foliage, but I'm not worried about it since it wasn't in focus
anyway.
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