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Having spent a number of years photographing elephants in his native Namibia, Austin Stevens knows just how dangerous these wild creatures can be. However, he has put his fears aside in an attempt to gain the perfect picture – a head-on snap of a tusked adult male in full charge.
To get his shot, Austin heads to Sri Lanka, home to 4,000 Asian elephants. Austin travels to the tropical lowlands where patches of jungle hide herds of wild elephants. In the dry season, the herds are drawn out of the dense undergrowth in search of water.
After tracking a lone bull elephant, Austin stumbles upon a big herd of around 40 animals. Then thanks to some fresh tracks, he is led to another herd – this one containing a huge tusked male. But with proximity to large tuskers comes a new danger – as Austin soon discovers...
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