Chobe elephants

Herds coming down to the river at dusk, shot from the water at their eye level.

Savanna

Elephants 01
Elephants 02 Elephant silhouette golden hour · 600mm · f/4 · 1/800 · ISO 4000
Elephants 03 Dusty herd at dusk · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/500 · ISO 2000
Elephants 04 Herd at twilight water · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1000 · ISO 5000
Elephants 05 Three elephants sunset river · 500mm · f/4 · 1/400 · ISO 1250
Elephants 06 Silhouettes grassland sunset · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250 · ISO 3200
Elephants 07 Elephants dusty road sunset · 600mm · f/4 · 1/320 · ISO 2500
Elephants 08 Herd under moody sky · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1600 · ISO 6400
Elephants 09 Elephants sunset mara · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/640 · ISO 1600

Chobe holds more elephants than anywhere else on earth, and at dusk they come to the river in lines. Working from the boat puts the lens at the height of a calf. Everything here is silhouette, dust and the last color in the water.