Posts tagged elephant

It all started with one special follower…. To celebrate 100,000 followers I am going to be giving away 3 small, signed Petit Prints. This Friday, Jan 18 sometime between 7pm and 9pm EST, I will randomly choose one person who has “liked” this post. I will message them and arrange to mail them a print. (As long as they are on my followers list.) Then, I will randomly choose one person who has “reblogged” this post. That person will also win a print. PLUS, they can pick one of their followers to receive a print. (Both must be on my follower list.) So, “like” this post or “reblog” this post if you would like a chance to get a little gift in the mail from Canada. And thank you again for all the support, encouragement, questions and comments. They float my boat.

It all started with one special follower….

To celebrate 100,000 followers I am going to be giving away 3 small, signed Petit Prints. This Friday, Jan 18 sometime between 7pm and 9pm EST, I will randomly choose one person who has “liked” this post. I will message them and arrange to mail them a print. (As long as they are on my followers list.)

Then, I will randomly choose one person who has “reblogged” this post. That person will also win a print. PLUS, they can pick one of their followers to receive a print. (Both must be on my follower list.)

So, “like” this post or “reblog” this post if you would like a chance to get a little gift in the mail from Canada.

And thank you again for all the support, encouragement, questions and comments. They float my boat.

My elephant is almost at 20k likes. W.T.F.!?  You people are so great. Totally helped my stolen iphone blues. Thanks–and very nice to meet all you new followers. The softest thing I have ever felt is the back of an elephants ear. It is like velvet–an extraordinary contrast to their rough textured skin. I was blessed to walk in the wild with some semi-habituated elephants in Botswana and was in awe standing next to one. He put his trunk on my shoulder when we were walking. (He also tossed my hat to the ground for kicks.)

My elephant is almost at 20k likes. W.T.F.!?  You people are so great. Totally helped my stolen iphone blues. Thanks–and very nice to meet all you new followers.

The softest thing I have ever felt is the back of an elephants ear. It is like velvet–an extraordinary contrast to their rough textured skin. I was blessed to walk in the wild with some semi-habituated elephants in Botswana and was in awe standing next to one. He put his trunk on my shoulder when we were walking. (He also tossed my hat to the ground for kicks.)

The glorious texture of elephants…

The glorious texture of elephants…

This is the very first wild elephant I ever saw…and photographed. It was in 2007 in Lake Manyara NP in Tanzania. Who knew what this would lead to. I was using a Canon Rebel xTi with a 70-300 EF lens and I had no clue what I was doing…

This is the very first wild elephant I ever saw…and photographed. It was in 2007 in Lake Manyara NP in Tanzania. Who knew what this would lead to. I was using a Canon Rebel xTi with a 70-300 EF lens and I had no clue what I was doing…

Family

Family

Happy Hour

Happy Hour

“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.”  - Coco Chanel

“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.”  - Coco Chanel

Freckles here was photographed at the San Diego zoo. I got in close to avoid the zoo surroundings. For more tips on how to shoot in zoos, I just published a new article on MNN - pretty please check it out!  http://tinyurl.com/765wsze

Freckles here was photographed at the San Diego zoo. I got in close to avoid the zoo surroundings. For more tips on how to shoot in zoos, I just published a new article on MNN - pretty please check it out!  http://tinyurl.com/765wsze

Well, I am a year older today…what’s one more line around the eyes…

Well, I am a year older today…what’s one more line around the eyes…

That is one big booger dispenser!

That is one big booger dispenser!

An elephants skin is rough and is covered in deep ridges and hair that ranges from short tiny bristles to thicker, wiry strands. Their trunks are especially rough. But behind the ears, oh my. I have had the blessings of scratching and rubbing them there and it is as soft and warm as anything I have touched. It is part of the elephant magic I have come to know.

An elephants skin is rough and is covered in deep ridges and hair that ranges from short tiny bristles to thicker, wiry strands. Their trunks are especially rough. But behind the ears, oh my. I have had the blessings of scratching and rubbing them there and it is as soft and warm as anything I have touched. It is part of the elephant magic I have come to know.