How to Get the Best Elephant
Pictures
I've photographed them all over Africa and
because they are relatively numerous you can afford to experiment a little
photographically unlike a leopard where you have to take what you get
because you might not get another chance.
So once you have taken the obligatory full
body elephant picture shot try zooming in (hopefully your camera allows this) for close ups
of this fascinating animal. The tip of a trunk, an eye, the veins on the
colossal ears, the wrinkled skin on their flanks or the nails on the front
of their feet.

Because of their size these close ups tend
to work really well and it gives a different perspective from the everyday
"elephant towering above the savannah" images.
Also, if you are lucky enough to find them
at a waterhole or river get your camera out because you are in for a
photographic treat. Elephants love water and they tend to come alive when
they are in or around it. You will rarely be disappointed and surely come
away with some very unique and interesting elephant pictures.
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