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Your Daily Elephant

A continuing series of elephant photographs.  Sumo wrestling, elephant style.  A young bull, testing his strength against an older male, gets pushed around.  Savuti area, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

photograph by Cheryl Merrill
photograph by Cheryl Merrill

 

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Your Daily Elephant

A continuing series of photographs about elephants.  This is my first photograph of an elephant, taken with an old Minolta, Kodak 400 film.  The old film and my inexperience make this look like as if it’s an oil painting hundreds of years old.  Zimbabwe, 1996, in that gorgeous evening light, a bull elephant.

photograph by Cheryl Merrill
photograph by Cheryl Merrill
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Your Daily Elephant

Hanging out beside us, eating grass.  South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

photograph by Cheryl Merrill
photograph by Cheryl Merrill

 

 

 

 

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Your Daily Elephant

Following an elephant after his early morning bath.  South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.  Great light, great guide, following at a respectful distance.

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Your Daily Elephant

A continuing series of elephant photographs.  Walking into water near Linyati, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana.

photograph by Cheryl Merrill
photograph by Cheryl Merrill
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Your Daily Elephant

Continuing a photographic series on elephants.  Edge of ear.  Chiefs Island, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana.

photograph by Cheryl Merrill
photograph by Cheryl Merrill

 

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Your Daily Elephant

A continuing series of photographs of elephants.  Roadblock.  South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

photograph by Cheryl Merrill
photograph by Cheryl Merrill

 

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Your Daily Elephant

A continuing photographic series about elephants.  Here’s Morula, waving “hello” at you.  Chief’s Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

photograph by Cheryl Merrill
photograph by Cheryl Merrill

 

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Your Daily Elephant

A continuing series of elephant photographs.  Watercolor of Thembi, photoshopped.  Loved all the original blues and thought it might look great as a watercolor.  Chief’s Island, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana.

photograph by Cheryl Merrill
photograph by Cheryl Merrill
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Your Daily Elephant

A continuing series of elephant photographs.  “Mom, this is getting deep!”  Nearly stuck in the mud in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

Photograph by Cheryl Merrill
Photograph by Cheryl Merrill