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Comment by mitalapo:
the bird elevates this to the next level

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Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
What a capture. But I just can't get away from the sharpening halo on the bird - it keeps pulling my eye there.

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Comment by Melethia:
Oh, this so made me smile just now.

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Comment by posthumous:
marvelous use of vignette!

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Comment by ubique:

Originally posted by primabarbara: This was my only 10 - crop and vignette are stunning! It makes me wonder if that gentle giant was standing there waiting for something, if he/she was walking away or munching some grass...and I like the vastness of the surrounding Maybe I like your picture that much because it remembers me of one my own pics, here is a link if you are interested: gentle soul It is accompanied with a childrens poem, this is a rough translation (at least I tried): Highly sensitive The elephant is big and tall But gentle is his nature His heart is made of creamy quark His soul is tender like a violet Once this big, tall elephant It wasn̢۪t on purpose , I swear! Stepped on the circus director̢۪s hand They both wept bitter tears

That's a lovely comment, and a sweet/sad picture & poem that you linked as 'gentle soul'. I despair when I see elephants in any place other than the wild; I don't think there's anything that makes me feel more bereft than that. I think it's very good that you found a meaningful way to picture a captive elephant; an Indian elephant I think? The elephant is entombed in concrete. It feels everything, its captors feel nothing. You moved that line a little bit. Thank you.

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Comment by PennyStreet:
Fabulous.

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Comment by primabarbara:
This was my only 10 - crop and vignette are stunning!
It makes me wonder if that gentle giant was standing there waiting for something, if he/she was walking away or munching some grass...and I like the vastness of the surrounding

Maybe I like your picture that much because it remembers me of one my own pics, here is a link if you are interested:
gentle soul
It is accompanied with a childrens poem, this is a rough translation (at least I tried):


Highly sensitive

The elephant is big and tall
But gentle is his nature
His heart is made of creamy quark
His soul is tender like a violet

Once this big, tall elephant
It wasn̢۪t on purpose , I swear!
Stepped on the circus director̢۪s hand
They both wept bitter tears

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Comment by K3Master:
My only 9 of the challenge. I wish I could say I'm shocked to see it this far down, but I'm not.

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Comment by Bear_Music:
I could stare at this one all day, the rising dark and the piercing bright. Top mark from me.

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Comment by MeMex2:
'fine art'!