Sankar,
I purposefully created this composition and excluded the hind portion of the elephant. There were a few distracting bamboo shoots and I didn't want the attention to be focussed there. This image is a full frame image and there is no cropping.

Bibhav,
The bird is a Myna. The Myna knew the shower was imminent and flew to avoid it.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi