

The moment I had hoped for, silently began to unfold in front of me, I was worried about not having enough focal length, I turned the camera to portrait and breathed a sigh of relief - just enough room within the frame. The elephants were all around us, and they were relaxed, and so where we. It is the most amazing and humbling experience to be in such proximity to an elephant herd. The Matriarch had the longest tusks I had ever seen on a female elephant.

I had always wanted to photograph an elephant with long tusks, and I always assumed it would be a male. My chest began to beat faster, my senses where heightened, excitement washed over me. I hadn't noticed her at first as she had her back to us,
