Elephant and Stormy Sky

[botspur]

It's not very often that conditions combine for a photograph. Good lighting, dark skies and a magnificent elephant. It was all a bit rushed, I was looking for a decent subject against the sky as the light was great. Came around a corner and there is an elephant crossing the Khwai River, panic - park and shoot!

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[Geoff F]

Looks good, Clive; although I wonder about cloning out the grass tips in the bottom left corner? There is a sufficient area of grass in the right corner but just those tips looks strange to me.

[LePetomane]

Clive, very nice. That is a big animal. Probably the biggest we have in our area are the bison.

[lunarbo]

Nice shot. I love how the sky colour mirrors the water.
Removing the grass tips on the left as a previous poster suggests may give a stronger lead in to the image from the left, but of course it’s your call

[botspur]

Thanks everyone, I agree with the grass tips in the bottom left. I looked at the photo for ages and didn't pick it up.

[rpcrowe]

Great shot, Clive! Congratulations for being able to pose the elephant like that. Are you fluent in speaking elephant

[pschlute]

lovely

[Wavelength]

What a beautiful image!!!!

[botspur]

Thank you gents for the time taken. Richard, I'm not called the elephant charmer for nothing