While on a group trip to Kenya, photographer Arnaud Legrand had already planned this exact shot in his head – now it was just a case of actually capturing it. One early morning the group found a herd of elephants with newborn calves in a clearing, while Kilimanjaro loomed in the background. "At one point, this big, beautiful female came out of the marsh straight towards us to check out the vehicle. That’s when I took my camera out," says Arnaud.

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