Stacking elephants

Today, I started to dabble with focus stacking, with three small ivory elephants. In the photograph, a stack of 20 images, I have tried to give the impression of a family group walking in the moonlight. These Indian elephants were carved in Kerala, back in the days of the British Raj. Now, of course, selling post-1947 ivory is illegal and there is growing pressure to ban the trade entirely, whatever the ivory's age. Failing that, the future for elephants, especially the African elephant, is bleak indeed.

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