Apologies for the poor quality of these, but I couldn't get close enough to get a really good shot. Anyway, fill your boots. I'm talking to you, Arch!
I was quite pleased with that one. It was hard to balance taking photos with looking and going 'Aaaah'.
BTW Doctor, the photos are great and I bet being close and actually seeing them was a real pleasure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was, it was. I was actually about 10 yards from them, I just got lucky with the zoom lens. Not bad for a small digital compact. Now, the elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka, I got that close to them *holds up thumb and finger, touching* they were gorgeous! *glees*. And I bathed a few in the river. Sadly all the photos (and I got loads) were on the hard drive that blew up.
oh! oh! OH! Want! WANT! Something about the way they hold each other's tails... And in that first pic - that baby looks so... earnest - like it's really concentrating on getting on and being an elephant.... <sigh> Wish I had an elephant....
I got to ride on an elephant when I was in Nepal a few years ago. Absolute magic, right up until we stumbled across a mother rhino and her baby. She was not at all pleased to see us!
