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Elephants on the Rise

A group of African elephants, adults and calves, walking uphill across dry rocky savanna.

Plate VIII · Plate VIII · Simbavati River Lodge, South Africa, September 2020Sony A7 III · 400mm ƒ/5.6 · 1/500 · ISO 250

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A family group of elephants - adults with calves at their heels - climbs a dry, rocky slope, moving away from the lens through sparse grass and leafless scrub. The afternoon light flattens the pale ground, and the herd's loose, unhurried formation carries it up and out of frame.

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