Tsavo, Kenya

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Female elephants live together in a matriarchal clan, consisting of a mother with her grown-up daughters and all of their offspring. Whenever they sense danger, the adults instinctively protect the young demonstrating solidarity and strength.

This photo shows the matriarch of such a group. Her raised head and spread ears told us she was not agitated, but alert and the challenge was to capture the moment of eye contact in a sharp close-up before moving away.

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# posted by Christian C on November 16th, 2012 5:46 pm

Yes, an excellent and splendid portrait.
# posted by TOOM on October 4th, 2012 4:16 pm

EXCELLENT
# posted by Louis van Praag on August 24th, 2012 8:46 am

Fantastisch,marvelous,great,5+
# posted by Rik Herrygers on June 17th, 2012 7:45 pm

Wonderful portrait Ingrid !
# posted by Jean Paul ( jp ) on June 13th, 2012 5:53 pm

wondrous close shot.
# posted by Momalisa on May 31st, 2012 5:57 am

beautifull portrait, very nice
# posted by SUREÑA-ARGENTINA on May 31st, 2012 4:14 am

divina foto! guau..big animal!!
# posted by camille. on May 29th, 2012 2:33 pm

impressive close-up ! 5
thanks for the interesting info !
# posted by SUREÑA-ARGENTINA on May 10th, 2012 3:33 pm

uh!! impresionante!!
# posted by johan slee on May 6th, 2012 1:18 am

fantastic portrait!! beautiful and spectacular!!
# posted by Tito Picotti on May 3rd, 2012 10:03 pm

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# posted by Bob Goodale on April 3rd, 2012 1:10 am

Nice close up.5 I found Kenya a wildlife photographers paradise. The human side was a bit of a culture shock.
# posted by Jan Hemels on March 21st, 2012 5:10 pm

excellent
# posted by NL Photography (Frans Roes) on March 21st, 2012 8:17 am

fantastic photo (yes the bee on my picture was dead)
# posted by Luc15 on March 20th, 2012 12:03 am

wonderful shot ******5
# posted by Nico Andries on March 11th, 2012 7:10 pm

Think your purpose succeeded very well. The eye contact is there allright. A wonderful, very impressive shot..
# posted by Lucija Mujanovic on March 11th, 2012 11:16 am

good framed
# posted by m.hakan on March 10th, 2012 5:42 pm

Breathtaking!!5
# posted by johan slee on March 8th, 2012 11:55 pm

fantastic portrait wonderful photographed!!
# posted by PBX on March 8th, 2012 4:51 pm

Excellent!!!
# posted by NGC300 on March 6th, 2012 10:36 pm

Enchanting.
# posted by grannychristina on March 6th, 2012 2:48 pm

I understand what you mean. maar er was niet veel landschap wat ik op de foto kon krijgen. thank you for your remark. I learn a lot of it
# posted by Joke Hulst on March 6th, 2012 11:54 am

An excellent framed portrait, great photo !!
# posted by atrae on March 5th, 2012 10:55 am

very fine light on her!!
# posted by Wim Verdonschot on March 4th, 2012 11:25 pm

Wonderful.... just wonderful!!!
# posted by ESRA SIRMAN on March 4th, 2012 10:17 pm

fantastic.
# posted by HanNel (Hans van Dongen) on March 4th, 2012 10:14 pm

wat mooi
# posted by josecps on March 4th, 2012 10:03 pm

good
# posted by Siriusrubin on March 4th, 2012 7:28 pm

Inventive crop, very effective. Good edition too.
# posted by Dieuwertje on March 4th, 2012 7:12 pm

beautiful lighted close up
# posted by elly holland on March 4th, 2012 7:02 pm

Super portrait of my favourite animal.This is a FAV too!
# posted by Jorge Zanguitu on March 4th, 2012 6:50 pm

Very nice
# posted by Dieneke Boonstra on March 4th, 2012 6:49 pm

wow, so close! perfect and impressive composition, beautiful colours and light
# posted by Tensionhead on March 4th, 2012 6:10 pm

wonderful photograpg showing off quite unique tusks
# posted by wim denijs on March 4th, 2012 5:52 pm

more than perfect composition ! strong !!
# posted by Chantal C. D on March 4th, 2012 5:47 pm

Just wonderful!!
# posted by saman ali on March 4th, 2012 5:15 pm

Great ....
# posted by grannychristina on March 4th, 2012 4:53 pm

a real beautiful close up!! thank you for your remarks!!