In the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania we encountered this large bull strolling down the road. He was much bigger than any of the other males that we had seen, just regal in stature. Then, later in the day we were treated to another form of elephant bathing...the dustbath. This big guy stood before us and picked up dirt with his trunk and then blew it all over his body to help rid himself of pesty flies and other bugs. In one of my photos, he was completely covered and the picture looked like a blurry blob. The girls in the last few photos were not shy. One came right up to our jeep to have a peek and I snapped the shot over my friend's shoulder.
Wow! What an awesome trip you had. Thanks for sharing.
Great opportunity and equally great photographs.
--Bob
fotofinish wrote:
In the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania we encountered this large bull strolling down the road. He was much bigger than any of the other males that we had seen, just regal in stature. Then, later in the day we were treated to another form of elephant bathing...the dustbath. This big guy stood before us and picked up dirt with his trunk and then blew it all over his body to help rid himself of pesty flies and other bugs. In one of my photos, he was completely covered and the picture looked like a blurry blob. The girls in the last few photos were not shy. One came right up to our jeep to have a peek and I snapped the shot over my friend's shoulder.
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In the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania we encountered this large bull strolling down the road. He was much bigger than any of the other males that we had seen, just regal in stature. Then, later in the day we were treated to another form of elephant bathing...the dustbath. This big guy stood before us and picked up dirt with his trunk and then blew it all over his body to help rid himself of pesty flies and other bugs. In one of my photos, he was completely covered and the picture looked like a blurry blob. The girls in the last few photos were not shy. One came right up to our jeep to have a peek and I snapped the shot over my friend's shoulder.
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Fantastic captures of a magnificent beast, fotofinish.
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In the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania we encountered this large bull strolling down the road. He was much bigger than any of the other males that we had seen, just regal in stature. Then, later in the day we were treated to another form of elephant bathing...the dustbath. This big guy stood before us and picked up dirt with his trunk and then blew it all over his body to help rid himself of pesty flies and other bugs. In one of my photos, he was completely covered and the picture looked like a blurry blob. The girls in the last few photos were not shy. One came right up to our jeep to have a peek and I snapped the shot over my friend's shoulder.
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Excellent set fotofinish.
Not many people will get the opportunity to get shots like this. Thank you for sharing these.
Great photos of great animals. Elephants are smaller where I live - nice but not that big.
Cheers,
Don
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