Old Soul
by sher

Comment by justine:
Wonderful wonderful, texture, light, color, dof, clean, sharp!!!!!!!! Winner.

Old Soul
by sher

Comment by hortopth:
always love the elephants.. great fill. 9. catching the eyes would have made the 10

Weight
by sher

Comment by Bela45:
One of my favorites!!!! Beautiful!
Too bad I couldn't vote:-)

Old Soul
by sher

Comment by kiwiness:
My absolute favourite for the challenge! This is just beautiful. To me elephants are just a mass of gray, but here you've brought out the skin in an array of gray and orange tones, fantastic! Is that some kind of mud on the skin? The texture of the skin with the lines of the veins is awesome. Perfect lighting and composition. A definite 10, if I could I'd even give you a 20!

Old Soul
by sher

Comment by KevinRiggs:
The lighting is a little hot around the left side of the image but the color and textures in the image are spectacular. Good framing.

Weight
by sher

Comment by dsidwell:
Sure, weight contrasts. But so do the textures. Well done!

Weight
by sher

Comment by robsmith:
Good, strong image. May have been worth having the feather the other way round as the softer, lighter parts are lost against the stone.

Weight
by sher

Comment by JPR:
lovely. seen a lot of feathers this challenge. this is the best of them. 9

Weight
by sher

Comment by Gracious:
Nice take on the challenge.

Weight
by sher

Comment by jas0420:
Lots of contrast to be found here... Black feather, white rock. Light feather, heavy rock. Smooth silky feather, coarse rock. Well done.