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Tusk

by Ingrid Vekemans

Category: FaunaAdded November 3, 20101,781 views

Land Mammals

Keywords: Africa, African, animal, black and white, close-up, detail, dry season, eastern africa, elephant, holiday, holidays, ivory, Kenya, Loxodonta africana, nature, safari, tourism, travel, Tsavo, Tsavo East National Park, tusk, vacation, wildlife

Being very close to an elephant in the bush, it struck me that if I underexposed my photo while focusing on the white ivory tusk, I would get a nice almost black and white picture of this detail.
Image Reference: TuskImage Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Full FrameDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No