An African Cape Buffalo and her calf, seen following a roll in the mud. The rainy season ensures an amply supply of it. The mud has incongruously abstracted the animals, changing their appearance to seemingly fictional creatures. I used a 420mm lens to move in and make the heads as large as possible. I then cropped the image, retaining only about one quarter of the frame. Because I use an eight megapixel camera, this cropped area becomes equivalent of just two megapixels. Yet it still retains adequate detail and
significant meaning. The juxtaposition of the large, heavily caked, old head and the smaller but smooth young head create a final incongruity, symbolizing the opposite ends of the age spectrum.