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Trumpet Call - © Brian Basson 2014

I managed to capture this guy just as he was commencing to trumpet. He considered us too close for comfort and was warning us off. To hear an elephant trumpet t...
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I managed to capture this guy just as he was commencing to trumpet. He considered us too close for comfort and was warning us off. To hear an elephant trumpet that close gets the adrenalin rushing and all the hairs on your body stand up to attention. I count myself lucky that I was able to experience this moment.
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Absolute Masterpiece
terryrandall Tiekie DaveMount alexcourt_photography quynhle estervandermerwe AnnuO +6
Superb Composition
Bazz SherranAndersen lynhope josephmartinez_8344 SparkofHawaii isvivek wesselb +6
Top Choice
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Jaw Dropping
jasoncardwellkirby juliebowser onyanita Flosno
Peer Award
WBVPhotography DanieTerblanche andrewsmith_5524 Sniper1972
Magnificent Capture
daveweber Karen3836 akhtarkhan
All Star
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Outstanding Creativity
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10 Comments |
disneymamom PRO+
 
disneymamom February 09, 2014
MoShaka, this is fabulous and looks great in black and white. glad to see he has his tusks. now I thought of another ? does that surprise you? great shot, as always! blessings, Cheryl
BrianBasson PRO+
BrianBasson February 09, 2014
Thank you for the PR and comment, appreciated. Brian
akhtarkhan
 
akhtarkhan February 13, 2014
This beautiful and very natural looking capture.
SheilaDraper
 
SheilaDraper February 14, 2014
Amazing capture! Beautiful :)
shellandshilo
 
shellandshilo February 15, 2014
Breathtaking photo and giving it to us in black and white just perfect love how you captured him with his trunk up a bit so cute
UnkleFrank
 
UnkleFrank February 16, 2014
Cool B&W, Brian. Nice textures and clarity.
Flosno
 
Flosno February 20, 2014
F A N T A S T I C and amazing shot
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita February 23, 2014
oh wow...a moment you'll never forget i imagine. Would love to experience this too. ...on my bucket list but may be there for a long time, unless lotto comes good! great pov and camera work.
AndreaE
 
AndreaE February 23, 2014
Spectacular capture!! Fantastic!!
KayBrewer Platinum
 
KayBrewer February 23, 2014
black and white is perfect for this shot - and you even got his trunk blowing out dust - great shot, Brian
estervandermerwe
 
estervandermerwe March 06, 2014
Great shot!
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