Hi @sandipan . I like the image. From a personal perspective I might crop the image on the sides back into the trees, thus allowing the trees to act as a natural side frame, and to remove the green distraction. I might then crop just a bit off the top to remove the light-colored branch between the trees (or de-saturate the branch a bit). This could provide more of a ‘keyhole’ perspective, highlighting the subject.
Hi Sandipan. The crop has nicely eliminated the bright side distractions and brought our focus back to the centre of the image.
Now, to go to the next step I might want to remove some of the detail in the trees in the foreground. My eye stops there for a look around before finding the subject. If the trunk detail was softened (de-focused, less detail ), especially on the right-hand trunk, then the eye could proceed unimpeded to the subject.
One last suggestion. There is a small stub of a branch on the left-hand side of the right tree, just at the level of the subject. If that could be removed then it would allow more space for the elephant to move into. If you view the image full-size you will see how much more room it provides in front of the elephant. These small changes might suggest motion of the subject in that direction.
Look forward to the comments from others.
I like the image Sandipan and I would agree with the crop that Garnet suggested. The image is now more focused on to the elephant. The tree trunks obviously make up a great deal of this image I am unsure if softening them further will work, but it’s worth trying
