Hi Kirti,
I think the shot is really good.
The mysterious shadows below make the photo more "rich" in meaning. but of course the melting effect is the key point.
when a good photo is a simple photo then it is a very good photo.
My sincere greetings to you and your wife.
and hi to Rudra :-)

Piotr, this is a great portrait.
Really good photo.
But please, tell us how old this animal was.
Looks like a really young one, but still.. It's a leopard, pretty dangerous. with your lens it should have been real adventure.
cheers
Olga

Евгений, здравствуйте,
отличнейший кадр. неужели этот лис был так занят добычей, что подпустил Вас так близко?!
хотя Тамрон 500мм наверно помог в этом деле.

Приятно видеть на сайте что-то, кроме насекомых, птиц и цветов :)

Успехов, удачных моментов для съемки,
Оля

Very nice portrait, Ian
If you have small kids, show them this photo! :)
I would.))
cheers
Olga

This is a great shot, Babak!
The winter fir of this squirrel is lovely.
Snowflakes on the squirell add dynamics, because we feel that it was running around a second ago.
I really like the depth of field (or the fact that everything on the background was pretty far), nothing distracts from a subject.
Thank you
Olga

Annick,
thank you for this little cuttie!
Wonderful light.
I have never the skin of hippos was so "goose-like". Although, I spent an hour watching it quite closely at San Diego Zoo.
Hippos are just lovely. Just look at this smile!
Unfortunately, they have different from their relatives - whales- temper.. I experienced that in Ethiopia with a big male...
Great work as always
Olga

ну ты точно хоть бы размер черепа написал, ведь могут подумать, что это саблезубый кролик размером с бегемота! ))

Яшик, красааавец какой
с хитрющим видом выглядывает к тебе.
здорово построил кадр

правда-правда не ешь больше????
отличное фото. а снимал-то кто??

tulips on the beach...
David, this is simply beautiful!
I would never think of tulips growing close to the sea.. Thought it were to windy for them, but these one are quite short and seem to fight rough weather successfully.
Thank you for sharing
Olga