Description
A huge herd of elephants over 40 in total, ply their long memorised trail in South Africa. Captured from an elevated vantage point while tracking them during a film assignment I was shooting for WWF.
Herds like this are becoming a thing of the past due to incessant poaching for their ivory. Elephants are highly sentient and social animals. A death in a herd is traumatising and devastating for them and the ecosystems that depend on them.
I edited this photo to give it an aged look suggestive of the species fading out to the point where images of such large herds are highly likely to be consigned to the history books and all we will be left with are photographs of a bygone age.
Nikon Z6 + Nikon 400mm f/2.8 + 1.4x teleconverter, 1/800, f/8, ISO 320
6048 x 4024 pixels, 300 ppi
Artist / Creator: Joseph Anthony
Capture year: 2019
Joseph Anthony is a multiple award winning globally published and exhibited photographer, filmmaker, photojournalist, commercial drone pilot and former heavy jet airline pilot and flying instructor. He is a passionate story teller specialising in wildlife, nature, conservation and environmental issues. He wants to inspire an appreciation for the beauty of this world, to help draw attention to its fragility and the need to protect it - not just because of a love of nature but also for the survival of our own species.
Clients include WWF, Nikon and National Geographic and a widely published photojournalist, self shooting Producer Director and voice over artist. His work has appeared on TV, large format and billboard advertising as well as in many national newspapers, magazines and exhibitions around the world such as National Geographic magazine, Daily Telegraph, South China Morning Post, CNN, Daily Mail, BBC, Geo Magazine and many more as well as appearing in prestigious shows such as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Louvre Museum, Paris, Nature’s Best Photography, Mall Galleries London, Royal Geographical Society London, Sony WPO Exhibition, Siena International, Italy, Mont Photo, Girona, Spain, Hong Kong solo exhibition, Miami, Florida and Singapore. His films have also won awards and been Official Selection at high profile film festivals including, Natur Vision, Germany, Siena International, Italy, Godollo wildlife film festival, Hungary and New Jersey one minute story telling Festival.
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