the zebras...and four elephants Four elephants

nice rhythm and movement right to left - light to shadow.

monumental composition and very good conversion

Impeccable lighting, detail, and texture. Fine work! ~~~~~L

so sharp... a tribute to their incredible beauty. bravo for your choices to honor them in this composition. (my only fear, i can't bare animals in closed zoo space; so i hope they're in a naturally reenacted habitat) in my faves ;-} dp

fine piece of work Gunnar, indeed '...a tribute to their incredible beauty'... Donna Pallotta says it well!

The monumental, timeless stature of the elephant on the right sets up the rest. I appreciate the moment, the structure and the framing. Maybe you could play around with the light a bit, adding a little more to the dark shadow on the left-hand side. Or maybe you have already?
Anyway, great photo.
Regards, James. 

Thank you all for stopping be! Your comments are very valuable to me.

..and mother Earth :) 

I like how they are all fighting for a piece of shade.  For privacy.

This is very good in several aspects. First, it attracts me because I wonder about the story going on here, probably they want to go out of the sun into the shadow, as said above. Or what do they do there ? Anyway, it looks interesting, and mysterious. Then, formal aesthetic it is a nice rhythm, the photo has order and beauty. Tonal range is quite perfect, maybe I would have tried out how it looks with a tad darker - not blocked -  shadows, so that you have to search for details there. Hats off for this great B&W.

Tatjana, Jeff and Carsten, thank you for your comments indeed! What they actualy are doing there, I don´t know, probable getting out of sun in shadow. Maybe other reasons, I am not familiar with elephans´behaviour:-). Not very hot day, particularly for elephants. Taken in Valencia Biopark late afternoon.