If you don’t protect yourself against the sun, you too could have skin like this…. Or is it just a sign of old age ??
The Photographic Journey of bulldog.
What you see is what you get……. birds, animals, and all sorts of things, but remember; Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt. .
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 
You are too funny. Great up close shots of these wrinkles! Most definitely use sunscreen. Excellent photos!
Thank you… he was very obliging…
I swear I have seen A MILLION images of elephants and I have NEVER seen images like these! AMAZING TRULY CONGRATS!
Thanks Jasmine.. got a good zoom lens…
I can see every hair and crack. AMAZING!
Such marvellous close ups of an old wrinkly.
Thank you.. he was quite happy to allow me to take the photos (admittedly with my long zoom)
Yip…golden rule: moisturise, moisturise, moisturise! 😉
Yep because if you don’t, 20 years down the line you wish you had…
I couldn’t agree with you more! I’m surprised that those people by the pool in Florida let you take their photos… 😉
They didn’t know I was there… all camoed up and all…
Good plan! I bet they can get pretty cranky…
Those are laughter wrinkles Rob and I am sure that huge beauty is going to need buckets full of sunscreen to cover his body. LOL!
Great shots as usual my friend. Elephants are such amazing and beautiful animals. 😀 *hugs*
Thanks Sonel… I think we can learn from this animal, we need to accept our wrinkles as a sign of life, the life we’ve lived and to wear them rather as medals .. lol.. Clever Elephant always teaching us lessons..
Absolutely bulldog. If my wrinkles could talk…. hahahahah
🙂 that’s a lot of grooves … great capture … it feels as though you right in front of the elephant
Well I was… but I do have a fair zoom…
Like these close-ups Rob, which show off his or her character lines very well…and you know you’re getting old when your eyebrows go grey and need a trim!
Thanks Brian, yep an old male that is really getting on in years…
WOW! This is amazing dear Rob, Thank you, love, nia
Thanks Nia…
Incredible closeups! I think they let us know that wrinkles CAN be beautiful! 🙂
Yes and I think wrinkles are beautiful… medals we earn from living and surviving…
Messy lashes. Love the close ups.
Needs some grooming…
That is a perfect sunscreen ad. Great idea!
Thank you…
Although many of us learned too late the benefits of sunscreen (don’t leave home without it anymore), I think we will move beyond this life to the next before we approach anything that looks like this. 😉 Very nice detail captured here Bulldog. 🙂
Thanks LuAnn… yep I doubt we’ll ever get to that stage even an idiot like me that has spent most his life in the sun without sunscreen…
Something I am always lecturing my hubby about! 😉
Good heavens above!! Thanks for the warning, bulldog. I hope it’s not too late. 🙂 Fabulous close-ups. I’m not letting you near me with your powerful camera lens. 😯
But it is all counteracted if you stand in the snow with a tee shirt and shorts on… lolol
Hahaha…….An elephant never forgets. 🙂
I have never seen an elephant so close, amazing skin…..sometimes I wished for an elephant skin….. just not so many wrinkles, I can start counting mine now too…. no I don’t really…. hehe
Wear your wrinkles with pride, they are medals of lifes journeys that should be proudly displayed…
Thank you so so much I love the way you express it, I have to remember that, oh so wonderfully said! You make me feel really good!
Oh my gosh, I love these! Wonderful detail & texture 🙂
Thank you so much…
Yeah…I think that a few more wrinkles than I ‘d like to have. 😉
The answer Mrs. P. … sunscreen and don’t get old…
Suddenly I’m OK with my crowsfeet – thanks for that! 😉
Thanks Diana… glad it made you feel better… lol
WOW!!
You can say that again Cee
I don’t think there is enough sunscreen to cover that. 🙂 Beautiful shots.
Thanks Maralee… yep one would need a few buckets full…
A sign of a hard life.
or maybe an enjoyable one.??
Nothing that a good mud bath won’t take care of 😉
and yet these animals take that mud bath quite often…
You must have been quite close, right? Are they gentle giants? Really great detailed photos, love them, wrinkles and all.
Thanks Marion, yes I was quite close, but some tend to be very docile unless provoked…
Not so sure those are laugh lines. They tend to lose a sense of humour when you ask them how one fits four elephants into a Mini. They tear the Mini into four bits, put one quarter on eachof them, and say, ‘Like this!’
Thanks Col… had forgotten that one…
Hahahaha!!! How did you get pictures of my hubby’s face? When I told him that, he said he thought it was my ass! LOL :). Great closeups Bulldog.
Now I must say that sort of sounds like our household… somewhere the “your face and my bum” rings a bell, and it’s normally coming from Linda…
Yes, I think we would all get along quite well :).
I think they are laugh lines….aren’t they known for their sense of humor? Great shots, once again!!!
They are certainly well known for their good memory… so they probably can remember all the jokes they’re told, so yes they could be laugh lines…
🙂 I love elephants. Nicely captured!
I do to Paula… the gentle giants of the bush…
Molto belle così ravvicinate!!!
Ciao, Pat
Thank you Pat.. he was quite close…
Wrinkled maybe….but still gorgeously captured…. I just love your gift of sharing what you *see* with the majority of us who don’t get to view such wondrous variations of wildlife…with snappy fun commentary as well! You do spoil us!! 😉
Thank you Christina… that is very kind of you to say this…
I only speak the truth! 🙂 Hope you are having a happy weekend! 🙂
oh he (she?) is so beautiful – wrinkles and all!
I agree…
Haha, I’m afraid there is no way to keep them away, cover them up or iron them out!
You got that right… anyway wrinkles are medals of life.. one should wear them proudly…
That is a lot of wrinkles ha!
Looks a bit like mine…lol