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We took a long ride through a teak forest area to arrive at one part of the elephant camp. One section is for the "teak workers", another for "retirees" and the third ( that we visited ) is the maternity area. There were 6 babies and youngsters allowed free rein, but never out of sight of their mothers. This is a government sponsored camp...but as the need for elephants as teak workers dies , what happens then????
One elephant coaxing another elephant into the water for a little play time before crossing the river.
Youngster by the pool
Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), Zoo, Copenhagen. 07.06.2014.
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera
This elephant did a power display to get rid of a white rhino that was making mock charges at him. The rhino and her calf were not very keen to share the area with the elephant but took of into the bush right after this display.
The ears flapping against the head sounds like gunshots!
Asian elephant family --- bull elephant Upali, the matriarch Bernhardine, her sister Yasmin, their daughters Asha and Anak and the calves Kavi, Ashoka and Samiya!
1st photo of a new serie called "B&W animal portrait". Hope you'd like it. Feel free to add any comment :)
This is one of Namibia's legendary Desert Elephants, who we had tracked to some brush beside a dried up river bed. A tough 3+ hour tracking drive, including a flat tire, and a lesson in why it's a good idea to have a guide. We would never have found this herd on our own. We had a picnic while we watched them browse, although I think this guy had his eye on my sandwich!
Sincere apologies, I think I caused a bit of confusion this morning, I uploaded a bunch of old shots in high resolution for Flickr Marketplace, and was a bit slow marking some of them private. So many thanks for the faves and comments, they are much appreciated, but I turned off public access because the un-watermarked, high rez shots have a habit of being stolen. All of the shots are available in my port, just a bit smaller :-)
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Easily the most complex mammal design of mine so far.
All critiques and comments are welcome! I finally folded something new, it's only been about a year since the last model. I guess to my credit the last one was the stegosaurus which is even more complex than this one...
Designed by Shuki Kato
Folded from one 56 cm or 22 inch square of elephant hide paper
Size: About 20 cm or 8 inches tall
Damaraland was a name given to the north-central part of what later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras. It was bounded roughly by Ovamboland in the north, the Namib Desert in the west, the Kalahari Desert in the east, and Windhoek in the south.Damaraland is famous for its wildlife, especially the desert elephant. The desert elephants, though belonging to the same species as the other African elephants, have admirably adapted themselves to the harsh conditions of the desert around them.. They can go without water for three or four days at a stretch, and often walk 30 to 40 kms to find water. They get moisture from eating leaves and barks of the trees. Please see the other two photographs of the elephants in the comment column just below the main picture. Thank you.
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I had a very productive 2 weeks at our property at GSV. This is one of 4 images I completed during my stay. This image is a 2 panel mosaic of the Elephant trunk, squid, Flying bat and the seahorse nebula, it also includes the Fireworks galaxy. Hope you all enjoy and thanks for any constructive comments.
Equipment:
Telescope - Sigma Art 135mm f1.8 @f2.8
Imaging Camera- Qhy268m
Mount - Sky-watcher EQ6-R Pro
Software:
Sequence Generator Pro
Pixinsight
Lightroom
Photoshop
Lights:
R-170x60sec
G-170x60sec
B-170x60sec
Lum-210x60sec
Sii-80x300sec
Ha-80x300sec
Oiii-80x300sec
35 Darks
100 Bias
Total integration 32 hours
Female elephants retrieve one of their young after he falls into the muddy waterhole. The other young were gently but quickly pushed aside as the mothers rushed to the front to save him. This drama played out in front of us as we held our breath- almost forgot to squeeze the trigger and take this shot! Meanwhile the 'adolescent males' of the group stood away from their family, apparently unmoved.
Addo Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa