Wild circus elephant

[Egil Droge]

The last few weeks this big bull elephant (at least for Luangwa standards big, the roof behind him is about 2,5m high) hanging around our camp.
He loves the tamarind tree and has been hammering it, reaching as high as possible to bring some fresh green branches down!

The light was coming from behind him, creating a bit of a white wash in the top right corner.
This was taken with Canon 7D + Canon 15-85mm F3.5-5.6 @ 50mm 1/80 sec, ISO800

[Todd Frost]

Nice moment captured. Light handled well with good sharpness on ele.
TFS
Todd

[Hilary Hann]

Egil, I've tried so many times to get an elephant in this position but failed. They always rise up higher than I expect! I like the behavioural nature of this image and photographically I would rather the hut wasn't there, but as a reflection of the size of the elephant it is quite useful.

[Harshad Barve]

excellent image , techs spot on and that hut shows the size of elephant here
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

You see this behaviour in Mana Pools as well, we have even seen them doing this on a termite mound.

They must have amazing balance, is there a slight magenta cast?

[Rachel Hollander]

Well captured behavioral shot. I also see a slight magenta cast (most evident on body and tusks) but am viewing on an uncalibrated monitor at the moment.

TFS,
Rachel