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Hi Andreas - Welcome back and a fun image to open with. Nice details and colors. The spray of water adds. Only thing I might do is burn the specular highlight above and to the right of the ele in the darker part of the bg and similarly burn the brighter branch below your copyright notice. Looking forward to seeing more from your trip.
TFS,
Rachel
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Hi Andreas, welcome back from me too.
Well sadly, your intro confirmed/reenforced my thoughts of Bandhavgarh, although I think they have stopped the rule where you had to go one circuit before going off within the park? Avoiding the Gipsy jeeps within frame is as hard as locating a Tiger, so again, I fully appreciate your frustration, but hope the next location was more fruitful. A tough call too with Drivers/Trackers!!!
I like the POV here being almost at eye level with the elephant, but wonder (if possible) going lower may have provided a better backdrop and avoided this layer 'sandwich' background. Having the trunk clutching a clump of food is nice, likewise the swish of the tail. The spray I'm 50/50 on as to whether it adds to the image or not. If you have it, then a little less on the RHS and more on the left I think would help, but I have no idea if this is FF or crop?
TFS
Steve
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HI Andreas! Welcome back! I am glad you had a great trip. I understand the fenzy related to tiger sightings & that the number of vehicles are increasing. Only problem is they can get a bit unruly! Looking forward to your images. I like this one. Well exposed and nice action & water splash. I just wish for a bit more room below.
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Hi Andreas -- Welcome back and great start with this image ! I liked the angle and the splashing water and the details are good as usual . nicelydone . i too think a bit of crop from the rhs and some space on the left will lift this image much more .
TFS !
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Hi Andreas good to see you back,all sounds a bit hectic to a loner like myself .Really like your bathing Elephant and agree with others re a bit more at the bottom.It must be great to try to photograph these animals.
Keith.
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Hallo Buthi!
Welcome back from the busy far places!
It seems the places where one can be at peace with the wildlife AND capture it, is becoming less and less..
It seems as soon as there is a tarred road to a destination, it is ruined- death by TAR..
I like your Ellie, albeit it looks weird not to see any tusks..can be a plus when it comes to poaching..
He reminds me of a toddler in the bath with water splashing everywhere!
F9 worked well to get tail in.
Agree with Steve on comp.
I want to see more!
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Hi Andreas I have been anticipating your images and I am not disappointed the light on the elephant is super. After some deliberation I am not crazy about the three horizontal stipes of the background but not a great deal you could do about really.
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Hello folks thanks so much for your comments .... as always much appreciated .
Yes i have more space to the left , but no more space at the bottom . I had to rotate the image a fair bit , bad field craft when handholding
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Going lower .... yes i could have gone lower , but the guide in my back was already not feeling well as i jumped off the gypsy to get lower POV ..... normally not allowed to get off the vehicle . He allowed me to stay so i did not want to cause even more negative issue ..... I tried to get off the vehicle for the rhinos , he refused !!!!
Specially after we got charged twice by one of them .....i would have stand the ground but the driver and guide decided to move ......
Andre as this is the asian elephant , no tusks with a female and many males also do not have them . If you look closely you can see the tiny bit of tusks on the RHS of the jaw .
Steve sadly no difference with Bandavgarh and Ranthambore when it comes to madness at tiger sightings , as far as i have heard . Fancy driving routes in Ban , always changing from year to year . Just 20 % of the park is open for game drives and it has 3 zones , back in 2002 there was just 1 big zone ( Tala) .
Hope this helps ..... thanks again , Andreas
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Hi Anette thanks for your comment , much appreciated .
Good to hear the plans are going on ......
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Thank you so much Gabriela for taking your time and type a comment , as always much appreciated .
Will try to show as much as possible , just for you , we need to chat soon ..... about this and other stuff 
Cheers yours big brother
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