Fantastic composition here Sriharsha !! I think this is what Pramod suggested in his critique to Dinesh's image. I think the chosen angle with sky as bg beautifully emphasizes elephant in the frame with the trace of the flying bird in the front adding to the image. Thanks for sharing..

Hey Harsh, first of all your attempt to begin telling stories through your images is clearly evident, and is a fantastic thing. It adds an extra dimension to photographs and makes them that much more captivating. And I love the concept too, of the foot-prints leading up to their creator.

As for execution, I think you did the best under the circumstances, but the absence of any sort of connection between the foot-prints and the animal has me a bit lost. Maybe if there were a few more foot-prints, and preferably leading the eyes towards the animal, it would have worked better. The unevenness of the foreground is also serving to dilute the concept. I'd crop off the water in the foreground up to where the ground begins (but I suppose the water is essential for your story ) and crop from the right until a bit closer to the ele to make the frame tighter and more focussed, and also to offset the elephant from the centre and resize the image such that it can be seen in one shot without one having to scroll up and down on a monitor set to 1024 x 768.