A Family Outing

Would like to hear any comments on this image and what

improvements I could make. Thanks very much for your time.

I wouldn't change anything. Great light and tones, nicely composed. The vignetting is working fine. A wonderful image!

Regards,

Alain

Alain, Thank so much for the feedback! Greatly appreciated. 

Sincerely,

Peter

Excellent composition, not cropping in on them too tightly improves the image greatly. You could try and increase the contrast by adjusting the levels. But that would change the "feel" of the image quite a bit. I second not needing to change a thing.

Siegfried, Thanks very much for the comments! You were right about the "feel", I wanted to keep the softness especially of the background which I think here is important Thanks for your interest and time.

Sincerely,

Peter

Perfect composition, memorable picture. Congratulations!

So wonderfully done. Love the space and mood 

The detail on those elephants are superb Peter I like the follow the leader type composition as well, love the misty background!

 I think if it were mine I would have cropped out that last one to make it three elephants this would make the viewer notice more the three getting smaller in size from the first to the third and giving the composition more space to walk into! This is not a critique but just my observation!

Adrian.

Adrian, Thanks so much for the feed back! I do see your point on having only 3 elephants and the diminishing sizes. I hadn't though about that. I will definitely revisit this shot with that in mind.

Sincerely,

Peter

Adrian's idea is really worth a try!

Definitely a great image.

Regards,

Alain

Adrian and Alain, I took your advice and created a new version without the 4rth elephant. Would love to hear your thoughts. 

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17773439 Thanks, Peter

What a lovely family!. I love the dusty background!  Truly remarkable photo!