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The Elephant – My Highlight Of Africa Part 2

The Elephant – My highlight Of Africa Part 2

Elephants are the most remarkable creatures in my eyes. They are so big and yet at the same time, they can move so quietly through the bush. There are times you hear them literally knocking trees down with there trunks and heads and yet, these creatures although they can be aggressive, they also have a gentleness about themselves, particularly when it comes to caring for there own.

They live in communities and will go to great lengths to protect their kind. Even in death, they will each year make the trip to visit where their kind breathe their last breath. They weep for there herd.

I’m so taken with these giants of Africa, as no matter where you are sitting, standing and observing these wonderful creatures, there is always something nice in viewing them. You can’t take a bad picture of them at all.

Although their eyes are small in relation to the rest of their body, they are just so expressive and there are times when I could swear that they are talking to you through their eyes. That might be me being all misty and romantic to the elephant but there I times when I have felt this.

This series of pics is showing them going about their daily wanderings against the imposing landscape. My pictures are no where comprehensive and certainly not up the standard of those who live there all the time but what my pictures do for me here, is enable me to relive my experiences there.

I remember all the details of the times when looking at anyone of my pictures.

Pictures enable things to be relived and these can bring joy and sorrow at the same time.

When running my Photographic African Tours, we go to an elephant hide and this experience will leave you speechless.

We arrived late in the afternoon, around 4 pm. We drove in and walked the rest of the distance. We had to get there about two hours before the sun went down, as we had to be there before the elephants arrived.

The hide is at a water hole and like clock work, near sunset the elephants start arriving. We ended up having 3 herds, which was unheard of at the time. This gave us around 60 elephants and I have no words that describe the immense awe and joy that came with seeing them so close.

At times they were within a metre of the hide and we had to stay very still and not move nor make a sound. The hide that we stayed in is in the shape of a beehive and according to the guide that we had, if an elephant doesn’t recognise the formation, it will leave it alone. We were happy about that!

Honestly we were surrounded by the elephants but it gave us the best viewing platform that you could ever ask for. The attention to detail in your shots was unreal as these creatures were just so close to the hide.

You felt like you were part of the herd or in fact, you were watching the best wildlife doco ever put together and you were in the heart of it.

We ended staying there for roughly 4 hours.

Some of these shots are from that hide.

If you want to join me on a life changing adventure to Africa, then to to my tour page on the website and lets talk some more. Once you have been to Africa, you will always be drawn back and you will see why it is such an awe-inspiring area. Pete 🙂

 

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Pete's photography is self taught. As a young child photography was an interest. His passion for the varying landscapes of Oz comes from frequent visits as a youngster, to his Gandparent's sheep farm in Barmera, a small country town in South Australia. Pete Dobré is a Freelance Photographer who blazes the trail for 6 months each year, capturing awe-inspiring images. Pete's work expresses his creative flair, emotions and love for the natural scapes of Australia. He remembers the hot day when he was 8, leaving town for the farm. His parents had an old car. Within about 2 kilometres of reaching the farm gate, they were bogged on a small red sand dune. The flies were buzzing continuously and the heat was beating down. Sticks, leaves and branches were wedged under the back tyres, to get the car moving. His mum was in a panic but Pete thought that it was exciting. From that moment he knew that he loved being out in creation, with the sense of adventure in the wild. This is where Pete's passion began. Photography for Pete is an expressive means for visual communication. He says, 'There is never a boring moment in my work. There is always something to photograph and I love being creative. The only limit to creativity is a lack of creativity.' Pete's aim as a photographer is to present images that provoke and stimulate the mind, to capture God's awesome creation and to share this with others. If Pete can do a little justice to God's creativity, then he is quietly satisfied. As a photographer Pete's inspiration and passion for his work comes from knowing God who created everything in the beginning. Knowing God, the Creator gives more substance and meaning to what he captures on film. Pete sees his role as freezing a moment in time and history which will never be repeated exactly the same again. The light, clouds and seasons will always be different. Pete's love for natural conditions at different times of the day, displaying varying moods and cloud formations makes his work very special and eye catching.

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