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Buffalo in the Wallow

Black-and-white image of an African buffalo standing in deep mud, its body coated in dark mud.

Plate I · Plate I · Simbambili, South Africa, December 2022Sony A7 III · 215mm ƒ/5.6 · 1/250 · ISO 1250

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An African buffalo stands deep in a muddy wallow, its body coated in dark wet mud, head turned in profile. Rendered in black and white, the waterlogged plain and sparse grass around it sit under flat overcast light, the animal still and heavy in the mire.

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