Photo by @FransLanting Zambia’s Luangwa Valley is home to many thousands of hippos, who stay submerged in water during the day, because their skin gets sunburned easily. During the magic hour of dusk I used a long exposure to blur the flow of the river, while a strobe added detail to the hippos’ faces, reflecting the sheen of their pink, wet skin. They look like contented bathers in a pool of liquid blue twilight. Go to @FransLanting to see me at work at one of the largest hippo gatherings in all of Africa.
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