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David Behrens | all galleries >> Sri Lanka: 2002 - 2006 >> Yala East and the Kumana Bird Sanctuary: June '04 > Yala-elephant.jpg
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Yala-elephant.jpg

This loner came out right at dusk. Note the temporal glands are secreting behind the eye, which indicates this is a male in a state of musth - a state of heighten sexual activity that makes them more aggressive. Taken with EOS 10D, 500mm + 1.4X, ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/125 sec.


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Jude Perera 07-Feb-2010 13:19
In my opinion this is the best elephant capture out of all the photos you posted in your website. Love the evening light in this. Two thumbs up.