Lovely dark tones here.. Some more light on the subject might have added.

The path ahead has so much of "hope" but still the mother decides to change its path and go into the woods! Excellent processing.. fantastic mood!

Kiran...like your interpretation of the scene...i have done a series of elephant images with the "path" included in each image..as symbolic..of the future and the road ahead.

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Ashish...thank you..i think the certain mood portrayed in the image would have been lost had their been more light on the subject.. just my veiwpoint.