Wonderful image sriharsha, a border would have given a visual boundary as the water tends to merge with background, and a bit more detail in trees may have given a greater feel of forest.. my 2cents...

Nice one, Harsh. This was indeed a very profound sight and offered a great opportunity for some creative images. I feel that offsetting the elephants from the centre will add to the composition. I am also not certain about the inclusion of the water. I too did in my original compositions but when I reviewed them on the LCD I instantly thought that I should crop it off because the extremely high brightness of the water creates a sort of blind spot for the elephants and its harshness makes the image less visually pleasing than it could be without it. The illusory effect that results from the contrast between the brightness of the water and the darkness of the elephants may appeal to some, but I personally would love to see just the grass at the bottom. Ah, and of course the terns add an immense lot!

This probably needs to come with a tag telling "Best viewed on a calibrated monitor" - i waited to come back home from office to enjoy it the best. Composition wise am really feeling nice that you planned to include background trees. Personally i would have suggested you to compose without the water in the foreground and a bit of better definition of the elephants.
Lovely frame Sri. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful image Sriharsha. I am having tough time deciding whether the harsh reflections at the bottom adds to the image or subtracts ! It seem to devide the image into two which creates a kind of uniqueness, so its presence is a strength, however mood portrait there does not seem to gel well with the beautiful blues on the top. If I crop the harsh region below it seem to loose uniqueness, so I am still undecided

Thanks for sharing..

Hey Harsha,

Sorry for commenting late for the image. I was all the while thinking about this image since couple of days. Mood is simply Kabini!! Image just transported me back by an year! Love the way you have composed the image and the play of light is simply gorgeous. Partially lit tip of the leaves in the background makes this image for me.

Personally I would have cropped off the high key water in the FG. There is a reason for me to do so.

1) Though it makes the image different I don't see it adding value to the image. I would have cropped it till the line where the greens start.
PS: I am not discouraging you here - don't get me wrong but am telling you my way of composing the image - that's all. Let me know if you feel offended and I will edit my statements.

2) I would have composed another shot - a shot exactly opposite of this. Elephant at top 1/3 of the frame and the remaing 2/3 of the frame from the bottom completely with high key water. If you have shot such an image - do share it across

My two cents..

Pramod's suggestion 2. would be a very interesting composition !!

Pramod, dont worry about expressing yourself. I upload fotos so people can express their opinions on the image. I guess thats the main purpose of a forum like this. So all said I take it all with good intentions

Coming to my reason for including the water in the FG.

1) The grass below the Elephants is too thin and very small to appeal to my liking
2) I felt I was taking away something very integral if I excluded the water.The receding water shows the reason for the elephants existence in Kabini, which is lost without it. The image may look good without the blown out water, but it would miss out on the punch which binds the story of elephants in Kabini. As I said, I looked at this image with the water in it. may be it would have been better if it wasnt so brightly over exposed but......

Coming to Pramods, second suggestion. I have the image you are talking about, and will share it soon

Excellent image the sun rays makes great mood...
Thanks a lot for sharing this....

Excellent Composition. I like this way and just that bottom harsh water need to be worked on. Beautiful image Harsha !