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Elephant in the Evening Light

Close-up of an African elephant's head turned slightly away, warm evening light on its skin.

Plate IV · Plate IV · Simbambili, South Africa, December 2020Sony A7 III · 117mm ƒ/5.6 · 1/200 · ISO 250

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An elephant fills the frame in profile, its head turned slightly away so the eye and the great fan of an ear catch the last warm light of the evening. The wrinkled skin glows against a soft green blur, the animal calm and still.

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