Only 500 pics Magz!!!! LOL!!! this is beautiful... I think I have now met someone /thing with more wrinkles than I have and you captured them in such detail.. remind me to never let you get that zoom aimed at me.. this is lovely..
This is great. I love the composition. I'm still trying to learn how to compose photos so they look nice but it looks like you've mastered composition.
Margaret this is a very good photo. I love the perspective, how you caught the elephant's eye as the subject and the blue wall as a contrast. Well done!
love the texture & detail. I remember as a child at the SF zoo, a man was walking around with a baby elephant. I went over to see it & my Dad called me back. I waited until my dad wasn't looking & ran over to pet it. I was shocked. It's skin was like sandpaper & it's hair like wire. By the time I got home, I had broken on in a rash. Measles they say but I still have my doubts.
HA! I went to the zoo today, too, so hear ya on the 500 pictures (although I don't believe I took that many). Great capture of the elephant! I love your point of view. Makes him interesting!
Great shot! I love Elephants. My 11 year old has a collection of Elephant figures, that was started his first Christmas. My kids have never been to a circus because of Elephants treatment there.
beautiful detail - lovely creature. Bizarrely my dad had one in India and rode it in the jungle so I always love to see an Asian elephant and think of him, Rtthi and the cocker spanial that apparently used to be lifted on by the elephant's trunk!! Love the framing.
@poophappens I support the zoo, wishing things were different. It's hard for me to see the animals contained. This is the only way some animals can survive now. I never go to the circus. I love elephants also. A very beautiful animal.
@miranda Wow. Not many dads have an elephant. I dragged every animal home that I could catch, to the horror of my dad. He was not an animal lover. I would have loved to see the elephant and the dog.
Some zoos have vast expanses for animals to roam almost like they would have roamed at home in their natural habitat. It is so much better than a leg shackle and a life behind bars.
Wow, 500 pic. you`re have a job by it. It pays of , If they are all as beautiful as this one , you`re in masterclass.
Thanks again for you kind words I realy appreciate it..
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Sadly we are losing our elephants at the Toronto Zoo...Bob Barker has been pushing for them to go to a warmer climate with more elephants! I guess that is good for them...but sad for us. Beautiful creatures. Great shot.
@jenncampbell Jenny, they have just made a very large enclosure for the elephants at this zoo. I'm so thrilled to see it. Theirs was pretty small.
I'm sorry you're losing your elephants. I would think they would have acclimated to the weather.
Oh, i would be so very grateful! My girl's room is all elephants! Please let me know if I can repay the favor in any way! I'm just thrilled! Thank you Thank you Thank you!
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Thanks again for you kind words I realy appreciate it..
Sadly we are losing our elephants at the Toronto Zoo...Bob Barker has been pushing for them to go to a warmer climate with more elephants! I guess that is good for them...but sad for us. Beautiful creatures. Great shot.
I'm sorry you're losing your elephants. I would think they would have acclimated to the weather.
Our local zoo in Jackson, Mississippi just got rid of the elephants! they're one of my favorite animals!
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