Show us your Elephant Pictures

[Earthian]

The wooing....

 

Edited October 3, 2015 by Earthian

[Earthian]

The necking......

 

[Earthian]

 

Edited October 3, 2015 by Earthian

[Earthian]

The "Aha" moment.....

 

[Earthian]

The affair....

 

[Earthian]

@@Soukous

 

What a fantastic shot of the elephant in the waterhole. The perspective is so unique.

[Soukous]

 

[Brendan Harding]

Taken on Kenya's Masai Mara in 2014 - near Atua Enkop's Mara Ngenche camp.

[Tom Kellie]

Taken on Kenya's Masai Mara in 2014 - near Atua Enkop's Mara Ngenche camp.

 

~ @@Brendan Harding

 

I admire the careful framing of the immense elephant.

Such massive tusks pointed straight at the camera lens.

Thank you for posting this.

Tom K.

[Soukous]

[penolva]

We saw this desert adapted elephant on our recent trip to Kakoland. So relaxed he let us spend an hour with hiim.

 

[Tom Kellie]

~ @@penolva

 

What a pose!

I've never seen anything like it.

The composition is appealing. Is that an impala in the background?

Really love the upward stretch of the trunk.

Thank you!

Tom K.

[Tom Kellie]

The Cares of the World

Photographed at 9:11 am on 29 April, 2014 in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, using an EOS 1D X camera and an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens.

ISO 200, 1/400 sec., f/5, 400mm focal length, handheld Manual exposure.

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When this solitary elephant emerged from the brush, it slowly trudged past the safari vehicle, it's eyes cast earthward, as if thinking over a deep problem.

Its solitary dignity was impressive. What heartaches, anxieties, cares or conundrums bedevil a pachyderm's thoughts? Do they fret over the petty, as I do...or only ponder the profound?

[penolva]

~ @@penolva

 

 

What a pose!

I've never seen anything like it.

The composition is appealing. Is that an impala in the background?

Really love the upward stretch of the trunk.

Thank you!

Tom K.

@@Tom Kellie we saw plenty of Springbok so I am not sure. Didn't even notice it to be honest. Pen

[Whyone?]

Mana Pools, Mucheni river front, October 2015.

 

Late afternoon ele, grazing gently as I sat on a nearby log drinking a cool can of Windhoek and taking the odd photo.

 

2R4C7677 by Whyone, on Flickr

[Whyone?]

At the other end of the day, some early morning ele's taking a drink a little way upstream from Mucheni 3. They seemed quite content for me to clamber down the bank to their level to take a few photo's.

 

2R4C6982 by Whyone, on Flickr

[Tom Kellie]

~ @@Whyone?

 

Great elephant images!

All of the trunks together looks cool!

Tom K.

Edited November 11, 2015 by Tom Kellie

[Tom Kellie]

~ @@Whyone?

 

I should add that the silhouetted elephant with the raised foot is also a lovely image.

The subtle range of background colors is what I struggle to capture...but you did!

Thanks for posting that.

Tom K.

Edited November 11, 2015 by Tom Kellie

[Paul T]

A pair of bulls in South Luangwa NP, November 2015

 

 

[Tom Kellie]

~ @@Paul T

 

I like your image!

The colors, sharpness, composition — superb!

The bull on the left's trunk is making quite a bend next to the other trunk.

The eyes are so clear. This action shot is inspiring.

Thank you!

Tom K.

[hubertj]

Waiting in line for a drink

Olifantsbad, Etosha, Namibia

 

[Tom Kellie]

~ @@hubertj

 

Looking at your water line, I'm amazed!

What a sight! What an image!

Thank you for posting such a compelling image.

Tom K.

[Ben mosquito]

a very close encounter in Tarangire NP, Tanzania.

 

 

 

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Filmed by my youngest son (15 at this time) silent compact camera for me. an unforgettable experience .

Edited March 28, 2016 by Game Warden

[Wild Dogger]

Desert-adapted Elephant feeding on a tree in the dry Huab river in sandstorm



Merry Christmas everybody!

[Big Andy]

Wonderful light and atmosphere in that one @@Wild Dogger

 

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