Elephant backside

[BenBotha]

Canon 7D
ISO 400
F6.3
1/800

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Ben I like the exploration of light, shadow and texture in this image.

[Morkel Erasmus]

certainly is an interesting take Ben...great light and textures, you can almost make out a face here (would the appropriate term be "***face"? )

I would definitely play around with this in B&W since it has the makings of a great textured monochrome canvas print...

[Rachel Hollander]

I like the detail and texture. I don't know why but the image reminds me of Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street. Sorry for the cultural reference if you don't have Sesame Street but you can Google "Snuffleupagus."

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

A different POV Ben, to the normal images of this animal we see here.

If you can, I would try to make this 'symmetrical' taking the centre line through the spine and crop on the sides accordingly. Plus taking on board Morkels thought of going B/W could give you a rather striking detail shot. Like the texture & detail.

TFS
Steve

[BenBotha]

Thanks for the comments, I agree B&W should work well.

Ben

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great textures...I would like to see it in B&W

[Robert Amoruso]

I agree tht B&W would be a good way to go here and with Steve's suggestion on making it symmetrical with the tail vertically in the center of the image.

[BenBotha]

I'll do a re edit and post tomorrow in B&W. Thanks for the suggestions.

Ben