The textures, the curves, the play of light and shadows, everything about this frame is just brilliant. !

Simply superb, Arati. Just love everything about this: golden light, low key tones, and the turn of the trunk. Excellent! Keep them coming!

Thanks guys.
Thinking about this image further, combined with feedback from a close friend, i am beginning to feel like maybe i lost the essence here of the animal in its element? Does this look too much like a "studio shot" or "still life"? Did the "life" go out of it in the rendering?

Thanks!
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Not even once did i get a thought of Studio. Its an amazing shot- love the tones and the silence. It has enough elements to experience silence in the viewer's mind. I mean "life with silence".

The square composition works very well here. The tip of the trunk facing forward makes the image for me. Amazing !