Lovely image Santosh with depth. Have you tried converting to B&W. I am thinking the impact might be even more.

These paths at Bharatpur are just magical. Beautiful composition here Santhosh, love the way darkness making way to light at the end. Jackal is a bonus. Thanks for sharing.

This is a surreal image Santosh. Full marks to you interms of translating the mood to pixels. Place of the the jackal in the frame is unique and striking. Major advantage is the head turn that you have got coupled with bang on exposure ( technically speaking ) as it's not easy to expose in these kinds of situations! Superb image and it almost transported back to the city of lakes!! Thanks for sharing..

Thanks for your honest feedback and kind remarks, friends.
Dear Mahesh, that's an excellent point! I too felt the same after posting this but haven't had the time to try it out since. I shall do that at the earliest possible and post it in the forums if possible for you. Thanks for the thoughts!

Fantastic. These paths at Bharatpur makes excellent framing for the subjects we get there. I have a Nilgai in this frame and of course, I have Ganesh walking with his heavy equipment in this frame Nice one here.

These paths of Bharatpur are so soothing to the eye, mind and of course to the lens too. Great image.

What an image this is. I love the accompanying poetic verse. This one borders on art.

Dear Santosh- I wonder what you conceived first; the picture or the photograph? Both have been done exceptionaly well. I really want to know whether you had these verses in your mind when you clicked. It happens to me invariably when I'm taking a shot of paths that "the woods are lovely dark and deep.." comes to my mind. Would love to hear from you on this.
Thanks for sharing

Dear Nirlep, thanks for your kind words.
When you said "What did you conceive first - the picture or the photograph", did you mean "the picture or the verse" by any chance??? If so, the picture was first; the verse followed later, in fact after the image was processed. But if you really mean "picture or photograph", you'll have to tell me what the difference is first.

oops! sorry for that blooper Santosh! I meant "the picture or the verse"

Beautiful light-and-shadow patterns. Very soothing and pleasing. But the poem is a masterpiece. Back to the image, the soft glowing light "at the end of the tunnel" is very heartening.