Excellent capture. I really like the way you composed this shot.
I do see the background as being kind of washed out. I wonder if increasing the contrast just slightly would alleviate that (it's just my personal taste).
I like this a lot. The background almost looks fake... but the foreground is beautiful. I like how the middle elephant is looking right at you.
It does look a little of balance though, tilted.
Fantastic sharp and high quality, with warm interest. It may be illusion, but to me it looks like your horizontal is off just a couple of degrees- the shoreline, the sky, and the lean of a couple of the elephants contribute to it. Still, an excellent shot.