A Touching Moment

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I am so pleased to share this image “A Touching moment”, which is amongst winners in “10 Years of Remembering Wildlife”. I’m deeply grateful to be acknowledged among such a talented global community of photographers!
I was truly eager to be part of this book for several meaningful reasons:

• Remembering wildlife is doing the incredible work to support numerous conservation projects. Being part of this initiative offered me a way to contribute to that noble cause and give back to Mother Earth in a small but significant way.

• This is the first time Remembering Wildlife has featured the Asian elephant—a species I have dedicated over 35 years to studying and photographing. I felt a strong desire to see “my elephants” represented in such a powerful collection.

• It was also a great honour to know that two of my favourite photographers—Art Wolfe and Federico Veronesi—were part of the judging panel. Their presence added even more value to the experience.

• Finally, many of my friends have contributed to this book and I was inspired to stand alongside them and be part of this passionate and talented community.

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Any, especially on B&W conversion.

Technical Details

Canon 5D III; 400mm f2.8; 2X; ISO 800; 1/250 sec. at f 8.


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Jagdeep - a big congratulations on this great honour! This is a very striking and compelling moment between calf and mom, and the pun is wonderful. The recognition validates all your work and photos of your elephants over the years.
Truly exceptional work!

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Congratulations! Wonderful photo. Love your work!

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I love the photo and I love the caption Jagdeep. Congratulations on well deserved recognition. Thank you for all you are doing, and have done for our community. I’m not sure if there is anything that can be done in B&W, but I wonder if it is possible to warm this up just a bit?

Congratulations J. for this excellent image and the reward too. The interaction here is wonderful. Your work in this genre is always top in that overall media… :+1:

Jagdeep: I don’t get over here much but this is an arresting, evocative and spectacular image. Exceptional capture of a marvelous moment. >=))>

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Thank you so much friends :folded_hands:

Beautiful Image… The elephant is my favorite animal on the planet. Great Composition and Tone in this image. Really shines…

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