Category

Land Animal

Location

Amboseli, Kenya

Gear

Canon 1DX | 16-35MM lens

Description

Increasingly over the last few years the rain seasons have become shorter and shorter and the droughts more prolonged and intense over time. Elephants travel from afar to seek refuge under the towering Mt Kilimanjaro whose snowmelt gives life to the lush swamps within Amboseli National Park. Elephants travelling into the park from the North West have to cross Lake Amboseli, which is bone dry unless there are extended rains. In 2016 the early rains did not arrive and everyday throughout my stay I would base myself on this lakebed looking for large shapes to be crossing into the park from a distance looking for water. On this particular evening we spotted a lone bull making its way across the cracked earth. I wanted to include as much of the texture in the foreground as possible to emphasis the severe drought and to signify the reason these mammals are travelling so far to reach the foothills of the mountain. 1/320, F8, IS0 800

Photographer

Tom Way

Social Media

Instagram: tom.way.photography

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Website: www.tomway.co.uk

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