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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE
A Wake Up Call In the Wild
Location: Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka
Date: 08/05/2016, 6:52:33 AM
Camera Info: Nikon D750, Nikkor 200-500 F5.6
Metadata: Focal length- 500mm, Aperture- F/11,
Shutter Speed - 1/250sec, ISO – 500, Exposure (-0.33)
looking for some decent shots with the other creatures
that were in the wild. With dappled sun light in the early
morning playing its role ever beautifully in the fog, this was
further enhanced by the presence of our National Bird.
Credits to the driver for stopping the vehicle in such a
convenient position for me to capture this beautiful sight
Every wildlife photographer or enthusiast would alongwith the mystical golden light filtering through the
always love to see the spots of a leopard or stripes of fog. As I loved and made some sufficient attempts to be
the tigers in each of the safaris he goes on. But, people little different from the other photographers to showcase
always forget the beauty of our National bird and the very it.
common spotted deer. Beauty lies within each with
of these creatures in a unique way. It’s on a very early Since, I wanted the fog also I played with my technical
summer morning in the very famous Bandipur Tiger differentiations to show the depth of the shot. That paid
of well in enhacing the overall effect of this shot!
Reserve that I realized this.
As usual, we were tracking a male tiger which was spotted
by few locals in the area called Moolapura, But we were
very unlucky to have not spotted the striped spectre in
that area. After some failed attempts, we were desperately
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Thanks to the unsung hero behind the scenes for placing
us in the correct position. Further, the light & the sheer
effect on a beautiful foggy morning made my day. Truly
Peacocks are such beautiful birds to photograph!
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