Elephant Man

by Spencer Montero

This picture shows a Mahout washing his elephant in the great Mekong River as it passes through the town of Luang Prabang in Laos.

Equipment: D300 with nikor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF DX

Spencer Montero

Spencer and his wife Vibeke are two travel photographers. Together they form Photito Travel. We are specialized in travel reportages delivered as complete text & photo packages, always with a soft spot for the people we meet along the way. This has been our job for the last eleven years. Spencer sticks to the photography, and Vibeke does a bit of both. Our work is published in Norwegian publications such as VG, Aftenposten, Vagabond, Kamille, www.dinside.no, Reiser og Ferie, KK, Hjemmet, Tara, etc. For any info, advice or chat please visit our web page.

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Elephant Man by Spencer Montero was photo of the day on Sunday, 2nd October 2011. It is tagged Elephants, People. You can leave a comment below.

13 Comments

Pauline Jones

2nd October 2011 at 8:48 am

Great shot; not something we see often.

mary blankenship

2nd October 2011 at 8:50 am

Wonderful shot,love the powerful shot of the elephant.

Wilson Beckett

2nd October 2011 at 10:36 am

Beautiful & powerful, excellent photo.

JimAtkin

2nd October 2011 at 11:07 am

Quite a capture. What is a Mahout?

reuben chircop

2nd October 2011 at 2:30 pm

Wonderful shot, very nicely captured just in action.

Linda Pothiers

2nd October 2011 at 2:45 pm

So that’s how you wash an elephant lol. Good shot Spencer. God Bless

Howard

2nd October 2011 at 2:48 pm

elephant whisperer.

Miguel A.

2nd October 2011 at 4:28 pm

Magnifica toma

Bob Faw

2nd October 2011 at 4:42 pm

i wash my elephant with our garden hose in the drive way.
Seriously, great photo!

jo-ann vander burg

2nd October 2011 at 5:42 pm

WOW !!! That is a great shot, one day I hope to see that for my self , i would like to see places like this and see how the locals live.thank you for sharing . looking forward to seeing more.