Bruce Benson
About the Image(s)
I was happy to get all of the elephants in this group facing the camera. There are many poachers in Murchison Falls National Wildlife Refuge, Uganda. I even have some images of young elephants missing part of their trunks after getting them caught in wire snares. This area of Uganda was plagued by Joseph Coney who had an army that would kidnap your children and force them to fight in his army. Many of the children would walk to the small city of Gulu every night stay safe. Coney has left Uganda and is now in Congo. Elephants are midtone so little adjustment was made other than cropping.
Canon 1DX/ Canon 400 2.8 MK II
1 comment posted
Bruce - This is a gorgeous photo. While everything about it seems more or less perfect, I particularly like the framing of the elephants. I'm curious about how things looked in the scene at the time. Were there lots of other elephants around and did you consciously decide to focus on this group? Did you crop others out in the post processing? Seeing this group clustered together with so many of them seemingly looking right into the camera is such a treat.   Posted: 02/05/2025 02:21:26