family affair

These three elephants were captured/photographed at Melbourne zoo. The

large bull elephant was allowed to spend time with the rest of the

family unit in the hope he would breed with one of the dominant female.

thanks for your thoughts

Excellent capture on top of excellent post processing!

Grigoriy

Awesome capture and presentation of the "Gentle Giants" Congratulations on the great work you did here. Regards

Is an unique  way you present this powerful and splendid subject,all the beauty and representative characteristics of this mammal are here,dark light make this of course more interesting,compliments and thank you for this awesome composition.

RC

Excellent !!!

Hello

Nice portrait in your own typical style. 

Well Done,
Ben

Very well post processed. Kind regards, Olaf

excellent light and details

I love you painting with light!

Masterpiece! 7. Extreme concentrated. BR JV

great composition and light. Wouild be interesting to see also the bw version heinz

Amazing image it is! Fantastic work, Art!

You have yourself another splendide addition to your 'zoo family'of compositions Art. In your 'signature style', you've given us a glimpse of the male bonding with the young ones, a sight seldom seen. This communication inofitself, is very moving. The youngsters, you would think, would not socialize often with the 'bull'. The animal kingdom surprises me more every day, and even more so when I visit your images of the Melbourne Zoo.

This is a delighful composition, artistically presented and welcomed, I am sure, by us all. Nice work Art. Thankyou for sharing such a 'touching moment'.

My sincere regards, Gail

Thank you all very much for your thoughts and  ratings. These amazing animals were a joy to photograph and seldom do visitors have the opportunity to witness the socialisation of the male bull with the females and calfs

Wow.

Very hard and impresive image.

thank you Udrea