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An intimate picture of a suckling African elephant calf, while close to its mother. Even though taken in colour, this picture can easily be mistaken for a toned Black and White photograph! The rest of the herd, surely 30 all in all, was all around them - elephants are very social animals and stick together in large "families".

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Farshad Davari 2 months ago

Amazing shot!!

Colmar Wocke Thank you so much, Farshad!

Sandra 8 months ago

Great:)

Colmar Wocke Thanks very much!

gulce gokmen turk 2 years ago

What a composition !!!

Colmar Wocke Thank you very much for your kind words!

Ellen van Deelen 2 years ago

This is a very beautiful image!!

Colmar Wocke Ellen,

Your comment has sure brought a smile to my face - thanks!

Go well.

Colmar

Aziz Abbasi 2 years ago

Superb, ..

Colmar Wocke Aziz,

Thanks so much for the words ;-)

Go well.

Colmar

Marek Wilczura 2 years ago

great scene ...

Colmar Wocke Marek,

Thanks a lot for the comment!

Colmar

Mike Rainy 3 years ago

Colmar, very nice image of an infant african elephant and its Mother, Thanks,
one small but important point, I have lived and photographed Elephants in Amboseli Kenya for over ten years and have never observed suckling while the infant was kneeling, I think its legs are hidden by long grass. In any case really very nice

Colmar Wocke Mike,

My thanks for your comment - I have actually modified the commentary I attached to the picture to reflect this that you've added here.

My thanks and especially for actually LEAVING the comment!

Colmar

Monique 3 years ago

ohhh Colmar this is sooo lovely!
wonderful shot with perfect composition!
bravo!

Colmar Wocke Monique,

Thanks!

So glad that you like the picture and I am grateful that you left me such a lovely endorsement in your message.

Colmar

Colmar Wocke 3 years ago

gerard,

Here too - my appreciation to you for taking the time to leave a note!

I myself, of course, am really fond of this capture and any additional comment just lifts it another notch for me.

Many thanks and go well.

Colmar

gerard sexton 3 years ago

Terrific Colmar!

Cupcake 3 years ago

Great capture Colmar.

Colmar Wocke Cupcake,

Thanks so much for the appreciated-by-me comment!

Go well - keep your wonderful eye and artistic spirit.

Colmar

storytaylor 3 years ago

excellent.

Colmar Wocke storytaylor,

Glad you liked it - your comment is much appreciated by me!

Colmar

Brin 3 years ago

You have captured a wonderful moment Colmar - beautiful picture!

Colmar Wocke Brin,

Thanks so much - appreciated!

Colmar

oona 3 years ago

Yes Colmar! I am so glad to see it here!! It a wonderful moment, and you captured it so well :-)
Best regards Oona :-))

Colmar Wocke Oona,

As always, I value your comments that you leave me - thanks for your continuing interest in my pictures.

Please retain your lovely artistic eye and poetic spirit!

Go well up in the North.

Colmar

Johan Nieuwerth 3 years ago

Wow Colmar, at only 102 mm focal length, you must really have been close, and what an experience that must have been. Great shot!

Colmar Wocke Johan,

Thanks - yes very close indeed! An experience - most certainly.

Thanks for the appreciative nod that you've given the picture.

Go well.

Colmar

Phyllis Clarke 3 years ago

Absolutely wonderful Colmar, and touching too. You really have captured beautifully, a part of nature a city dweller would not have the option to see very frequently if at all Bravo. Phyllis

Colmar Wocke Phyllis,

Thanks so much for your wonderfully-articulated message to me.

Believe me - even to me, who has seen elephant in the wild often, this was a special moment. Luckily my companion was with me - my camera!

Thanks!

Go well.

Colmar

Ellen 3 years ago

A special moment;Very beautiful!

Colmar Wocke Ellen,

Thank you for the warm comment - special indeed.

Colmar

Johan Lind 3 years ago

Great scene, nice composition. Well done!
/johan

Colmar Wocke Johan,

Appreciate your comment on the picture.

THANKS!

Colmar

Sandy Powers 3 years ago

Ohhhhhhhhh. . . .this photo makes my heart hurt. What a moment! Thank you for sharing!

Colmar Wocke Sandy,

Your comment has made my heart so, so, so glad!

Thanks so much for writing it in such an emphatic way - much appreciated and "felt" by me!

I am so pleased that it was deemed OK for OneXposure.

Go well.

Colmar

Frank Michael Helferich 3 years ago

A wonderful picture of this baby-elephant.
Frank

Colmar Wocke Frank,

Thank you.

Something rarely seen and of course I'm pleased to have the opportunity of presenting it here on OE.

Go well.

Colmar

Andre du Plessis 3 years ago

I am so glad that this eventually got the nod!! Great Colmar, and many congratulations, and hat's off for your perseverance.

Colmar Wocke Andre,

Perseverance it has been, you're right. However, the second version is much, much nicer in my opinion.

Thanks very much for stopping by and also the "favourite".

Nice of you!

Colmar

Stephen Edds 3 years ago

Very pleasant Colmar :))

Colmar Wocke Stephen,

Coming from someone who has a lovely selection of African-wildlife pictures here on OE - my thanks and greatly appreciated be me!

'twas quite some experience with the little one so close for me at the time.

Go well.

Colmar

Jerry Berry 3 years ago

Nice Colmar. I knew you had some of these somewhere in your stash. It's funny that when I saw a baby elephant nursing, it was pointed out to me to notice that he was not nursing under the hind end, but in the front. I had never even thought of this before.
This is very nice.
"Go well"

Johan Lind @Jerry

You have to read Robert Sapolsky's "A Primate's Memoir"! He's a researcher who's spent looong periods on the Savannah doing field work on baboon behaviour and physiology. In that book he describes in a hilarious passage how he's been too long in the field when he for the first time sees elephant "breasts" and can't help himself thinking a bit too much about those strange huge "breasts"... Great book by a great writer.

Cheers
/johan

Jerry Berry LOL.
I don't know that I want to go there :-)

Colmar Wocke Jerry,

I am starting to empty the stash and am delighted that this picture was deemed acceptable here.

You know, I take so many different kinds of pictures - I have no clear style - so every new one that comes up is something special to me.

Thanks very much for your thumbs up on the picture - great of you!

Go well.

Colmar

Slavomir M. 3 years ago

very nice

Colmar Wocke Slavomir,

Thanks!

Colmar

KPK 3 years ago

Sweet !

Colmar Wocke Peter,

A sweet, intimate scene - definitely not seen by many people.

Luckily I have managed to get it published on OE and I am of course, very pleased about it!

Colmar

Will Stoddard 3 years ago

I am really glad to see this one Colmar. Love it!

Colmar Wocke Will,

I know this to be a heartfelt, genuine comment!

Lovely experience for me to capture this "Moment Critique" shot at the time.

Thanks very much for leaving me the much-appreciated comment!

Go well.

Colmar

moses stell 3 years ago

I remember when you saw me this picture in Tutuk's house.......glad finally made it.....
love it Colmar...!

Colmar Wocke Moses,

Thanks for the decided thumbs-up on my picture!

Greatly appreciated by me.

Colmar

Marie DAYNIE 3 years ago

Le spectacle est attendrissant et la photo est superbe, bravo!

Colmar Wocke Marie,

I know enough French to know that you're happy with the picture!

Merci Beaucoup.

Colmar

Marie DAYNIE
Sorry, Colmar, fortunately google is there to help us ;-)!

=> The show is moving and the picture is superb, bravo!

Chris Dixon 3 years ago

Congratulations

Colmar Wocke Chris,

Ta.

I was just very fortunate being there, so close, to this "Close Up" scene.

Go well.

Colmar

Ricky Siegers 3 years ago

Well captured, nice picture Colmar.
Congrats.
Groetjes

Colmar Wocke Ricky,

Thanks very much for the comment and stopping by.

Go well.

Colmar

Yuri Faeti 3 years ago

great picture, i like it.

Colmar Wocke Yuri,

Thanks for the lovely comment.

Colmar

Robert 3 years ago

Congrats Colma!:-)

Robert

Colmar Wocke Meister,

Many thanks for stopping to look AND to leave the comment.

I am pleased that you like it!

Colmar

Balazs Pataki 3 years ago

You did it Colmar - you have just published a baby photo on OE! An almost impossible achievement! :)

Colmar Wocke Balasz,

Your comment really brought a smile to my face!

Difficult enough to get any picture published, let alone a "baby" one!

Much appreciated.

Colmar

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