I love this image Arati.. held my breath when I saw the thumbnail earlier.. something very sensual about it, if I may say so

100,000 and all present only in 6 major muscle groups . Very unique image, love those curves.

massive......just love this....

Excellent image Arati. Love the curve and fine spot light on those wrinkles. In my view why this works best is you are not showing the eye of it - which otherwise would have competed with the beautiful curve there. Thanks for sharing..

Thank you radha, nilanjan-da, sriram and ganesh!
this is an image i enjoyed making - it is part of a series on trunks.
Ganesh, you are right - not for a moment did i consider including the eye. this curve was enough. what i spent some time on was how much to burn in order to accentuate what i wanted to show - the texture on the wrinkles in the curve.

btw, it is the trunk of a beautiful and vivacious makhna from Kabini. the next time you are there, do look out for him. you cannot miss him. he has a fold on the tops of both his ears and a lovely thick middle portion of the trunk.

thanks all again,
A

lovely image here, arati. like the compo with hints of things 'n the curve. agree with ganesh on the eye part.

regards.