This third video and last in the Nashville Zoo Elephants video series includes video clips about enrichment for the Elephants and the work the keepers do with them. It ends with a slide show of my best Nashville Zoo Elephant pictures.
There are three videos in this series:
– Video 1 – Introduction
– Video 2 – Care, Sounds and Details
– Video 3 – Tasks, Talks and Beauty
Enjoy the video!
This second video in the Nashville Zoo Elephants video series includes many pictures and video clips about Elephant care, a few interesting sounds and fascinating pictures of some details of Elephants (as the one of the molar above) .
There are three videos in this series:
– Video 1 – Introduction
– Video 2 – Care, Sounds and Details
– Video 3 – Tasks, Talks and Beauty
Enjoy the video!
In the last few weeks I have spent a lot of the time with the Nashville Zoo Elephants and their keepers.
This first of three videos about these amazing creatures is an introduction to the Nashville Zoo Elephants and the Elephant facilities at the zoo.
There are three videos in this series:
– Video 1 – Introduction
– Video 2 – Care, Sounds and Details
– Video 3 – Tasks, Talks and Beauty
Enjoy the video!
This is one of my favorite “scenic” shot.
This African Elephant was wading along the water towards a large lala palm at Imagine dam at Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa.
Picture Data: Camera: Canon EOS D30 / Lens: Canon L IS 100-400mm at 150mm/ Mode: AV / Shutter Speed: 1/750s / Aperture: f/5.6 / ISO: 200 / Exposure Correction -0.5eV / Metering: Central weighted / White balance: Auto / Center point focus only / Time: mid afternoon / cropped to approx 80% / Freehand from vehicle
I case you are in Nashville today it would great if you could come to my gallery tonight to learn more about Elephants 🙂
Click here for more information: https://christiansperka.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/video-invitation-intelligent-giants-the-nashville-zoo-elephants/
This is a video invitation to this week’s gallery crawl. For more text information go to https://christiansperka.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/invitation-to-the-march-gallery-crawl-picture-of-the-week-9-bubble-bath/
I admit it was a bit misleading. All the detail pictures in the last “Animal Species Identification Contest” were from the same species: African Elephants.
The first person to send in the correct answer to the question in the contest was Bob Ellis, Smyrna, Tennessee. Congratulations!
To be more precise, all pictures were of the Elephants at Nashville Zoo at Grassmere.
During the next Nashville First Saturday Gallery Crawl there will be a special event at the Christian Sperka Photography Gallery.
In cooperation with the Nashville Zoo I will be showing many interesting images and video clips of the Nashville Zoo Elephants. There will be three presentations by Connie Philipp, Director of Animal Collections (at 6:30pm / 7:30pm and 8:30pm).
It would be great to see you at my Gallery in the Arcade (Downtown Nashville) on Saturday, March 3, 2012 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
Today I got a very good question from one of my blog readers about the “closeness” to animals on game drives (see comment and answer on the post MORNING MIST).
Here are two pictures of a case when the animal chose to come so close to our vehicle, that we made the decision to get out of the way :-). The second picture is taken from a considerable distance. The Elephant Bull past us quietly!
In the first picture you can see the dashboard of the car and the Elephant. It was pretty close.
Picture 1: Camera: Canon 1D Mark IV / Lens: Canon L 17-40mm at 28mm / Mode: AV / Shutter Speed: 1/320s / Aperture: f/4 / ISO: 400 / Exposure Correction +/-0.00eV / Metering: Central weighted / White balance: Auto / Time: winter morning / Freehand from vehicle
Picture 2: Camera: Canon 1D Mark IV / Lens: Canon L 17-40mm at 40mm / Mode: AV / Shutter Speed: 1/320s / Aperture: f/4 / ISO: 400 / Exposure Correction +1.00eV / Metering: Central weighted / White balance: Auto / Time: winter morning / Freehand from vehicle
[and do not forget to vote for the picture of the year]
I hope all of you had a good 2011 and I trust that 2012 will be even better.
Enjoy these Elephants on the move – going and coming like the years 🙂
These Elephant pictures were taken at Phinda Private Game Reserve, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.
More Elephant pictures at www.sperka.biz/elephant .
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