Evening Swim

This is very cool Vincent. Not something I'd expect to see. I'd love to witness this myself!!

Unusual and attention grabbing. I like both the submergence of the elephant and the eye contact. I have mixed feelings about the centered horizon. You could crop some of the sky and gain a more traditional 1/3, 2/3, but I am not sure it's at all necessary. I'm curious to know your thoughts on it.

Fantastic scene with a very cool subject. Excellent exposure and colors. Only nit would be to consider leveling the horizon, looks to me like it may need a very slight ccw rotation.

Wow, this was unexpected. I thought it was a whale (from the thumb). A unique shot, and I think you did well to get enough detail out of the elephant despite the challenging light... though having some white of the eye showing really helps. As for the composition, I think the elephant is just low enough in the frame that it works pretty well.

Max

Certainly an unusual elephant photograph. This is awesome, great looking sunset color and good detail visible in the elephant. The eye contact and the emerging trunk makes this photo for me.

Sweet One Vincent!!!

Ken Archer

Wow! Looks like you were close to this guy! I love the sunset and the colours it made in the water. Overall a superb image!

The beautiful colors in the sky and water really make the image. I like that you managed to get details in the elephant also. I think the 50/50 comp works because of the position of the elephant.

Thanks for the feedback folks. I must say I had not seen the centered horizon as a problem here, but I do understand the point made and made me think about it. Personally I feel that because there is interest in both halves of the frame that creates balance, the center split is not an issue here. Further the horizon might seem tilted, but that is optical illusion created by the distant shore line and the nearer shoreline of an island.

Hey Vincent,

VERY cool scene, very cool image. Love the colours and the almost metallic look to the water. I don't miss seeing tusks here at all. Such a unique scene and captured (and processed) very well...major congrats on this one!!

I think the positioning of the subject is optimal and that this has to dominate your composition more than concerns about splitting the frame differently. On the distant shoreline - my initial gut reaction (before reading any comments) was "tilted distance shoreline" but then when I looked closely I noticed the differing distance of the two shores (i.e., receding shoreline causing the illusion of a tilted shoreline). So a toss-up there: do you tweak it a tiny bit to please those that won't look closely enough to know it IS level or leave it as is and live with the perception of a tilt? Tough call.

Cheers...

Brad

Beautiful scene, Vincent! I thought, when I first saw the thumbnail image, was that you had succeeded in capturing the Loch Ness monster on film! Love the white of the eye showing, and all those colours in the sky and the reflections!

Glorious skies n beautiful image.
Jagdeep Rajput

Vincent, the rich colors and very unusual scene carry this one! Cool. I like the eye, keeping track of what the camera is up to.

Wow, what a fascinating and unique image. I like everything about this image and would not change a thing. The wonderful cloud formations and rippled water really add but seeing that eye just above the water level really makes the image for me. Excellent shot Vincent, the larger image was a pleasure to view.

Very unique shot Vincent, great job as always!