tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335760812024-03-21T21:11:28.356+05:30Wild EncountersGauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-59352894780757409542012-07-02T23:01:00.001+05:302012-07-02T23:01:21.085+05:30Sambar!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'd not shot so many Sambars together in one as trip as this one in Bandipur. I got to spend some good time with this family in evening light!<br />
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<br /></div>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-83190033800593958592012-07-02T22:58:00.001+05:302012-07-02T22:58:52.847+05:30Alarm Call!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When the predators are around the first thing that a Deer does is to signal its rest of friends that there's an iminent danger around! Here is that Alarm call that tells everyone to run!<br />
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</div>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-70848211987138579392012-07-02T22:50:00.003+05:302012-07-02T22:52:42.768+05:30Post cards from Corbett!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-24805457910005335422012-06-04T21:54:00.000+05:302012-06-04T21:54:00.302+05:30Fantastic Bandipur!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Kiran Keerthana are in India and we decided to make a trip to Bandipur together and all our MBoyz joined in. What a fun it was! While for the first time, we're making a 1 day trip to Bandipur this happened to be the most productive of all the trips! We got to see a Tigress for over half an hour and for every one of us this was a dream come true! I certainly count this one to be one of the most memorable half-an-hour spent! I wish this luck upon every one who visits forests! Here are some images from the trip!<br />
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<br /></div>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-75608363777080280072012-05-13T15:48:00.001+05:302012-05-13T15:50:44.894+05:30Magical Corbett<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dhikala grasslands located in Corbett National Park is so beautiful that sometimes it makes you wonder if God created it with a paintbrush in hand. On one side is the Shivalik Himalayan range seen at the horizon of the grass land and Ramganga back waters on the other side. The picturesque grass land is home to hundreds of elephants, spotted and sambar deers and wild boars. The bigger predators like leopards and tigers when they frequent here, would surely be confused seeing the amount of food available! Where-to-start is definitely a problem for them.<br />
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<br /></div>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-5690198097812465842011-12-11T12:27:00.001+05:302011-12-11T12:49:16.201+05:30Lunar Eclipse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me and Nanda had an opportunity to take Gargi yesterday to Planetarium on the same day of Eclipse. It was fitting that she enjoyed on this occasion. Here are few images that I shot during the Eclipse.</span><br />
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I shot the last couple of shots initially at 100mm & then zoomed in to the moon to set the focal length at 400mm. Hence the effect. Hope you like it.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com6Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.594562712.724026199999999 77.2787057 13.2191712 77.910419699999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-25814254197821149752011-04-16T21:43:00.002+05:302011-04-16T22:40:47.967+05:30Pea fowlsThis time in Bandipur, every Safari drive that we took we encountered a Pea cock dancing & impressing his partner. There's a belief that when Peafowls dance, rain is in the air. And it turned out to be that way as we'd light drizzles on and off. <br />
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Here are some of the shots from my visit to the one-n-only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keoladeo_National_Park">Keolodeo National Park at Bharathpur</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCRY_ObXKGvABFjj1bgGb3GyATSvBNnk_7P5raMoY5Ad8pVn_gUp66GlRbGB2XCNZiWa9nPaWKDAtdB1WVSMNE3RmkTsWXAJWiPI61vttlbIpT3yon6PiELIqh2qW8UOmyKqN/s1600/SBKingfisher.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCRY_ObXKGvABFjj1bgGb3GyATSvBNnk_7P5raMoY5Ad8pVn_gUp66GlRbGB2XCNZiWa9nPaWKDAtdB1WVSMNE3RmkTsWXAJWiPI61vttlbIpT3yon6PiELIqh2qW8UOmyKqN/s400/SBKingfisher.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586188920024299458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLNjd8KfWQguRwvqLJh44pievk7eJ5dcsoQaHRC1BjEYG2j829_BV_6vl7u-PtLHmC4Cf-VA40NejR4oHyEMBKDjiTaWNh5SpAye-pc-4MRONcv1ah9VhU1cxeN3PNAUYaiva/s1600/Sarus-Cranes-TakingOff.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLNjd8KfWQguRwvqLJh44pievk7eJ5dcsoQaHRC1BjEYG2j829_BV_6vl7u-PtLHmC4Cf-VA40NejR4oHyEMBKDjiTaWNh5SpAye-pc-4MRONcv1ah9VhU1cxeN3PNAUYaiva/s400/Sarus-Cranes-TakingOff.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586188912322989426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVnjh25cdUzU1xZYOjKpYTUI-c01sMOkZ0bQFYoDvuvGwZVcunRiW2w_N8m1g5UA4YtVP96ObpOVonYriTvXEv1KJh3O4yR-jLyfqC828T2vyXwo6cUdpu0MfFU0_GVfk0nlq/s1600/Sarus-Crane-Pair-Dance.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVnjh25cdUzU1xZYOjKpYTUI-c01sMOkZ0bQFYoDvuvGwZVcunRiW2w_N8m1g5UA4YtVP96ObpOVonYriTvXEv1KJh3O4yR-jLyfqC828T2vyXwo6cUdpu0MfFU0_GVfk0nlq/s400/Sarus-Crane-Pair-Dance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586188908044192418" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-35405922994927739632010-11-05T21:34:00.000+05:302010-11-05T21:37:54.038+05:30Eravikulam SanctuaryThis is one sanctuary that I should visit many times over in every season. The colors that it offers is amazing to see. Here is a Nilgiri Thar that just showed up at a distance during the evening.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz93NbQhao85iPGk7wUJn56cTk5mFr-DPJ6EZrSf01rx0sjvYmJL346RL2A9ezsdAoLETv_bNI-SZx8wdld_VWP03d7GltQxLDNbRDORQJ6NDD2AR6-htNWInUrD2ttwVKAsnI/s1600/Niligiri-Thar.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz93NbQhao85iPGk7wUJn56cTk5mFr-DPJ6EZrSf01rx0sjvYmJL346RL2A9ezsdAoLETv_bNI-SZx8wdld_VWP03d7GltQxLDNbRDORQJ6NDD2AR6-htNWInUrD2ttwVKAsnI/s400/Niligiri-Thar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536097185848233714" /></a><br /><br />While returning from Munnar, Nanda spotted this Malabar Giant Squirrel right beside the road. Before the incoming traffic could disturb it, it gave few glimpses of its beauty.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdY_TdNycoasHoW1iuHCT_CeMV9UPy13jPm3LASbDyVTH2uoJH9JysoxszwrPAVNmci0eopjKZkIRTTmTNLmY-1qBerzdGkGXltjVPSzDV0YnxtE3k1SvRTgdqI1k5IWWDWdo/s1600/MGSquirrel.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdY_TdNycoasHoW1iuHCT_CeMV9UPy13jPm3LASbDyVTH2uoJH9JysoxszwrPAVNmci0eopjKZkIRTTmTNLmY-1qBerzdGkGXltjVPSzDV0YnxtE3k1SvRTgdqI1k5IWWDWdo/s400/MGSquirrel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536097189995916594" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-45621398832235588202010-11-05T21:29:00.000+05:302010-11-05T21:33:08.308+05:30Postcard from God's Own CountryOur visit to Munnar & Thekkady during Dasara was awesome. It was very relaxing & refreshing. See a detailed trip report from Nanda <a href="http://nandashree.blogspot.com/2010/11/gods-own-country.html">here</a><br /><br />It's a heaven for landscapes. Here are some of the images from the trip.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxeciM5TlS_aPaYrxbXz7Fs9OKnpJpEHMxRIOhFSI61HCianKH0am_YCsw-Qat0nFvxYI0NENhgoxP8aM_JJ7d0QV7cCzhVJ5PyolV4v64GeI5ftkDzEn4HIAstrt49TKQoQn/s1600/View-From-Club-Mahindra-1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxeciM5TlS_aPaYrxbXz7Fs9OKnpJpEHMxRIOhFSI61HCianKH0am_YCsw-Qat0nFvxYI0NENhgoxP8aM_JJ7d0QV7cCzhVJ5PyolV4v64GeI5ftkDzEn4HIAstrt49TKQoQn/s400/View-From-Club-Mahindra-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536096759877739106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbKMui-pw4w76uLA5tEDHCCss3-N0y4nsPFAnaEgqkWPxuoHdsH4IwFYFMO-Dyzkmxf7fJF-Lxc4wdqEVaec3zSZqS_Wc4SD9sLqMRYWPklPwM7G-h6YEXkQocEKT65ch2r_u/s1600/View-From-Club-Mahindra.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbKMui-pw4w76uLA5tEDHCCss3-N0y4nsPFAnaEgqkWPxuoHdsH4IwFYFMO-Dyzkmxf7fJF-Lxc4wdqEVaec3zSZqS_Wc4SD9sLqMRYWPklPwM7G-h6YEXkQocEKT65ch2r_u/s400/View-From-Club-Mahindra.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536096752421787618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqz7VLnkfzR_Y5hwsa22BGaEb0kTivTTljZ63HqJhhq1E12YJA9gdJdIecqiWaFKydo2B0HUODPINJ8BEaoGlr9K1xwnMrOse90g1VNEMjHh2wX_qHaS1ylNQg1hJgXJPmGJZI/s1600/Eravikulam-Landscape.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqz7VLnkfzR_Y5hwsa22BGaEb0kTivTTljZ63HqJhhq1E12YJA9gdJdIecqiWaFKydo2B0HUODPINJ8BEaoGlr9K1xwnMrOse90g1VNEMjHh2wX_qHaS1ylNQg1hJgXJPmGJZI/s400/Eravikulam-Landscape.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536096749116459282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGGdwv_us-NftHd9ug-UKWi2yGOGX1I-c-PwQl7XEJUNosDrUIVy-jQb2DuGs4PG09R8VY-szDWfkUvaY-t4okqjjUn26Y4zAtOF66qvnWe-IUZLNRPAJLGbd7p8-CfpfV4Ed/s1600/Aneyirangal-Dam-View.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGGdwv_us-NftHd9ug-UKWi2yGOGX1I-c-PwQl7XEJUNosDrUIVy-jQb2DuGs4PG09R8VY-szDWfkUvaY-t4okqjjUn26Y4zAtOF66qvnWe-IUZLNRPAJLGbd7p8-CfpfV4Ed/s400/Aneyirangal-Dam-View.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536096745744375746" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-36812986230087861652010-08-01T21:23:00.000+05:302010-08-01T21:28:45.502+05:30Visit to Bannerghatta NPThanks to Dinesh & our own initiative from MindTree foundation, I got a chance to see all the areas (so called "core")of Bannerghatta NP today. We have plans of putting up D/N PTZ Cameras at about 50 watch towers inside the park. And I've got the onus to get the complete system up from the surveillance perspective. Ah, talk about passion & work coming together!! This certainly was an exciting day. Here are couple of shots from the visit. I'll post a detailed report soon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcA06KeMCysY9LKq0fhyGJUJ53oCxpRSjnpgVHiKxPxiNwhOU50TI3b5bsAjeSQPOab7WR7HYfnm-O2GyBUdxKaP8FrReq9Kg24N4vSDTAxHneGeYST3wyK6V4UAo0gbt2fcf9/s1600/sambar.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcA06KeMCysY9LKq0fhyGJUJ53oCxpRSjnpgVHiKxPxiNwhOU50TI3b5bsAjeSQPOab7WR7HYfnm-O2GyBUdxKaP8FrReq9Kg24N4vSDTAxHneGeYST3wyK6V4UAo0gbt2fcf9/s400/sambar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500471378353643666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6JGeUuA4rTs7x78qw7-F0OTqZlymPjxP85bKeOIR1X4VHASHgdX3haRC8MYcATtqvqUUoOJI6GhhyQ7p33_AoW1-EICAx03mVfIIaqdj4xqDHt6gKSa8VV0nxCmPLMuFwwZP/s1600/Lioness-Cub-Web.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6JGeUuA4rTs7x78qw7-F0OTqZlymPjxP85bKeOIR1X4VHASHgdX3haRC8MYcATtqvqUUoOJI6GhhyQ7p33_AoW1-EICAx03mVfIIaqdj4xqDHt6gKSa8VV0nxCmPLMuFwwZP/s400/Lioness-Cub-Web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500471372873344690" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-53463249845461897602010-03-21T16:32:00.000+05:302010-03-21T16:35:56.536+05:30PatternsTwo black bucks retreated as soon as I was driving into their territory, despite the fact that I was more than 100m away. This gave me an opportunity to look for interesting patterns. Here is one of those<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nQi67mlSik8BY_LU69oObM68sj-92C_2fCBxln97mc6-5PiJyLvJn7HF5dVUQhaSpwd2_UaICde-yniueZES-Oeke3xC0aa_gRiogngVi8hlWpGvCSmJfaFKAQJcAcLv8z1j/s1600-h/patterns-2-bw-web.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nQi67mlSik8BY_LU69oObM68sj-92C_2fCBxln97mc6-5PiJyLvJn7HF5dVUQhaSpwd2_UaICde-yniueZES-Oeke3xC0aa_gRiogngVi8hlWpGvCSmJfaFKAQJcAcLv8z1j/s400/patterns-2-bw-web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451041490706275074" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-58485312140710292462010-03-21T15:53:00.000+05:302010-03-21T16:37:10.523+05:30Journey AheadCouple of weeks back me, Nanda & Gargi made a quick visit to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenahalli_Blackbuck_Reserve">Maidanahalli</a>. This is an amazing place for Blackbucks & Raptors. In two sessions we saw black bucks sparring, an indian fox stalking for a black buck fawn and short toed snake eagle & montagu harriers. Here is the first from the series<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CPWl1vdBxpwTSHXnyXfefI7eAZgh8XBvkuIDSPRygntijfHV1woR9l3fOCb9KfNJdVEJejYc5UaS3JrilPbVpSuS2TNw62NQJP4lMh4OyuWjeXayqjxFXatXCX6ZF0apl5i7/s1600-h/journey-ahead.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CPWl1vdBxpwTSHXnyXfefI7eAZgh8XBvkuIDSPRygntijfHV1woR9l3fOCb9KfNJdVEJejYc5UaS3JrilPbVpSuS2TNw62NQJP4lMh4OyuWjeXayqjxFXatXCX6ZF0apl5i7/s400/journey-ahead.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451040066196974498" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-61106183551131406432010-01-03T15:44:00.000+05:302010-01-03T15:46:46.715+05:30Some more images from last day of 2009Here are some more images <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_8wmG0ZJmBCQd1vvrrlsoM6PPOsX8Ns8o7QtYA5V9octcPv9MKUtG2aX226ZY4Bz607ghyphenhyphenY4r7a4NemFpuWtF-h0bSCLsT1i-pa0mCARgemUMVqJKrfkLPwqGg_wYhMQLwZL/s1600-h/_MG_3136-indian-roller.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_8wmG0ZJmBCQd1vvrrlsoM6PPOsX8Ns8o7QtYA5V9octcPv9MKUtG2aX226ZY4Bz607ghyphenhyphenY4r7a4NemFpuWtF-h0bSCLsT1i-pa0mCARgemUMVqJKrfkLPwqGg_wYhMQLwZL/s400/_MG_3136-indian-roller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422455241044398594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPONZ2MzQystf65nXwgab1Pi3YXmBx8Im5vYn_vF8tQb0NDF7FhZkhr7TIRZXsQ01vYMgye1gyUfrMst8UnsBm2X6vWXzgpUFzPNTFiaLI3iGkyDQT7Wm4tf8qSkknEIAVbSCm/s1600-h/_MG_3138-indian-roller.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPONZ2MzQystf65nXwgab1Pi3YXmBx8Im5vYn_vF8tQb0NDF7FhZkhr7TIRZXsQ01vYMgye1gyUfrMst8UnsBm2X6vWXzgpUFzPNTFiaLI3iGkyDQT7Wm4tf8qSkknEIAVbSCm/s400/_MG_3138-indian-roller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422455233452161714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm4DncLoe6gIQvpQMbPovcDAbG0Nr9_m3pwqcCRsfYfngnM8s4_XdSWp4KbSEah9bav-D5PQtETO4iv4Azm2EfX3YGd34Ha6ycx9UAfdFFPV_hIAZfIBff6MPWOIqZ3PoQLGI/s1600-h/_MG_3090.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm4DncLoe6gIQvpQMbPovcDAbG0Nr9_m3pwqcCRsfYfngnM8s4_XdSWp4KbSEah9bav-D5PQtETO4iv4Azm2EfX3YGd34Ha6ycx9UAfdFFPV_hIAZfIBff6MPWOIqZ3PoQLGI/s400/_MG_3090.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422455230986898626" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-27966254457582881962010-01-01T15:48:00.000+05:302010-01-01T15:54:31.658+05:30Last day of birding for 2009It's been almost a year since I went to Hesaraghatta & I decided to end the year 2009 by making a visit to Hesaraghatta lake. Pandith & Abhijit joined me. It was their first visit to Hesaraghatta & no one returns empty handed from this place! It's just amazing how many variety of birds are around this place. I'm yet to identify this raptor. It looks like a Marsh Harrier to me. Do confirm if you know.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4Dpk6uLlUjrWIyvgVneBjI2K9ydOQdRA1aeobXRHoLE6zctcXXX0u2ip91JExJo4Fc3gAkIUCvcNhhbYuu76DFhI9IiaeEE8Lc57OT0cKrfxUkvBqMpS8W_d_ebWujOYj6Ga/s1600-h/_MG_3185-harrier.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4Dpk6uLlUjrWIyvgVneBjI2K9ydOQdRA1aeobXRHoLE6zctcXXX0u2ip91JExJo4Fc3gAkIUCvcNhhbYuu76DFhI9IiaeEE8Lc57OT0cKrfxUkvBqMpS8W_d_ebWujOYj6Ga/s400/_MG_3185-harrier.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421715220738733026" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-30953463192730950932009-09-07T22:08:00.000+05:302009-09-07T22:16:25.199+05:30Elephant BehaviorGopalaswamy Betta presented an incredible opportunity for me to shoot this herd of elephants from the top of the hill. I've never seen such a sight before. Watching elephants from the top as if it's seen from an air balloon was really amazing perspective to get. To add to that I saw very interesting behavior from the mother elephant. If you see closely there are two calves suckling from the same mother. It's very rare for an elephant to have twins! I suspect that the other calf is slightly old (may be 3-6 months) & perhaps has lost its mother. The aunt elephant, which is now the matriarch, is taking care of the orphan calf. This social behavior depicts very clearly the caring nature of elephants. <br /><br />Do share your thoughts if you've witnessed such a behavior before!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJvPgqsKmzEHcLbL9MD6jNWh6DF5hLny0wRvRSZad5OubNQ3mbmvRrb4Cu-sKLZ-fQ2RAGSt0WqzI5mED21AebMYW7NiWCeJMIQsyLUV0qqLxG20L9BBDEM7imeXNxFnRW-CY/s1600-h/Elephant-landscape-web.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJvPgqsKmzEHcLbL9MD6jNWh6DF5hLny0wRvRSZad5OubNQ3mbmvRrb4Cu-sKLZ-fQ2RAGSt0WqzI5mED21AebMYW7NiWCeJMIQsyLUV0qqLxG20L9BBDEM7imeXNxFnRW-CY/s400/Elephant-landscape-web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378767633486253442" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-62281478743380630292009-09-01T22:11:00.000+05:302009-09-01T22:22:36.713+05:30Many moods of Jog FallsJog Falls has always been a special place in my heart perhaps due to the fact that we lived close by for over 7 years in Gersoppa. Last weekend I got a chance to recapture some of the moods of it. In next few days/weeks, I'll post some of them. I've called them the moods of Jog primarily due to the changing landscape every time you see it. The mist & the rain create an incredible harmony that makes it very special. Here is the first one to begin with. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ4EZLFBeLJpL2uimgKP0WyLPe1aPl6cRI1idkSJWL9KDXLcekFR4tMYNnsbpqWU2mS7YM9fOC3Xi8OTjfxCD7YaMuRw9yDRcGM4_XMMuoCL0JARrLd9K1segl6Jm75cHcFvw/s1600-h/Jog_Panorama-2-Mist-Web.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ4EZLFBeLJpL2uimgKP0WyLPe1aPl6cRI1idkSJWL9KDXLcekFR4tMYNnsbpqWU2mS7YM9fOC3Xi8OTjfxCD7YaMuRw9yDRcGM4_XMMuoCL0JARrLd9K1segl6Jm75cHcFvw/s400/Jog_Panorama-2-Mist-Web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376541426658195058" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-6385788139114411792009-06-14T10:26:00.000+05:302009-06-14T10:30:33.396+05:30Elephant BathingWe'd a great time watching this matriarch taking bath in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biligirirangan_Hills">BRT </a>WLS. For over 10 minutes, me, Nanda and Gargi enjoyed watching her bath. Elephants are child like when it comes to water & they play with gay abandon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyZ7ZTr1trView98pUbiaexRsJ2r2Q1_cPwzt-yeWPtZq6quWoWftjWKYJP3bMeoJmF3oNHYLlbrzrkuptIkj1E5vmmpC8fwNLoLDpYy1-Zu8rWEVAJNoHe5Uv9TTMB-opGp0/s1600-h/Elephant-Bathing.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyZ7ZTr1trView98pUbiaexRsJ2r2Q1_cPwzt-yeWPtZq6quWoWftjWKYJP3bMeoJmF3oNHYLlbrzrkuptIkj1E5vmmpC8fwNLoLDpYy1-Zu8rWEVAJNoHe5Uv9TTMB-opGp0/s400/Elephant-Bathing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347043592996383362" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-88048026734086602452009-05-09T11:01:00.000+05:302009-05-09T11:04:23.673+05:30Blue tailed bee eater scapeThey offer interesting opportunity for experimenting on the compositions. I'm yet to process all the images. I liked this compo where I was shooting from lower ground & the BTBE was perched on little higher place.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sHV9sM6WjhVSaFsLpkFqdfeVHGUDc6uWchJBSWl6S7INe-z4ZZe61GE5ilHP7k8HNp2G8MXs__xLRZvk3f7unhT6uX8BfALaQKEMRlpjNgk2-dnNyAWMtOXzEH4RL7uykIFA/s1600-h/bee-eater-scpae.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sHV9sM6WjhVSaFsLpkFqdfeVHGUDc6uWchJBSWl6S7INe-z4ZZe61GE5ilHP7k8HNp2G8MXs__xLRZvk3f7unhT6uX8BfALaQKEMRlpjNgk2-dnNyAWMtOXzEH4RL7uykIFA/s400/bee-eater-scpae.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333693223031522290" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-13468019264661836202009-05-09T10:48:00.001+05:302009-05-09T10:48:24.955+05:30Blue tailed bee eaterNagunvina halli is such a magnificent place shoot these birds!! It's the breeding season now. Here is a starter!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihG9NauVFyb43m8MDLcnzSE62dW_yUXEArYXkih7zlvc7vAkt6gs57GcWLbqhommKM741xlaZAFkZdg-avnyKRj9I4CO1mBanOl9-Jir5mm9JUcf3aYCNXO-Ai7Z0QSRXR-lW9/s1600-h/blue-tailed-bee-eaterjpg.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihG9NauVFyb43m8MDLcnzSE62dW_yUXEArYXkih7zlvc7vAkt6gs57GcWLbqhommKM741xlaZAFkZdg-avnyKRj9I4CO1mBanOl9-Jir5mm9JUcf3aYCNXO-Ai7Z0QSRXR-lW9/s400/blue-tailed-bee-eaterjpg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333688679984369090" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-66760116835209773822009-03-14T22:07:00.000+05:302009-03-14T22:11:55.685+05:30Kestrel MaleI've not had a chance to process my earlier images. This was from our last trip to Hesaraghatta before the Kestrels chose to return to their original home! By far this was the trip that I got the best images of all the major raptors. This Kestrel male was spotted by Rakesh & did give us few poses before it flew away.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimr0zYVnbSoCdnmJ41UAzC1UQyao3NEFQ05njbDNQ5SmUwdXYqHrEoyLOX1jIrm9QoPYKO_XBrUlFXeSJzwHCs7ZvQAYP_t2pv1GVJF4Y1z5OcSRRQ4Ur9ND49H10AJONZ4aH2/s1600-h/Kestrel-Male-1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimr0zYVnbSoCdnmJ41UAzC1UQyao3NEFQ05njbDNQ5SmUwdXYqHrEoyLOX1jIrm9QoPYKO_XBrUlFXeSJzwHCs7ZvQAYP_t2pv1GVJF4Y1z5OcSRRQ4Ur9ND49H10AJONZ4aH2/s400/Kestrel-Male-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313084578298455346" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-20553965300714556222009-02-08T14:19:00.000+05:302009-02-08T14:21:40.547+05:30LBV - Early MorningOne of the good things about Ramadevara betta is that it offers lot of possibilities for creating interesting compositions. This Long Billed Vulture gave us a quite a lot of options. I liked this one in the morning light with beautiful winter's blue sky and the grass in the background. Let me know what you think.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADT2sBcdB7st5OSTaPRM0jLX_sQ8O4QQ-yVw8bLMwMICtsNHgKSwoK2SWYHaraecSLoBDgemAlZ5Mb_BjbgyKKjsImcFEhkZUDnjPgBSrVvveYYe4Yxnk_GOrblBlz2gjE7ir/s1600-h/LBV-EarlyMorning.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADT2sBcdB7st5OSTaPRM0jLX_sQ8O4QQ-yVw8bLMwMICtsNHgKSwoK2SWYHaraecSLoBDgemAlZ5Mb_BjbgyKKjsImcFEhkZUDnjPgBSrVvveYYe4Yxnk_GOrblBlz2gjE7ir/s400/LBV-EarlyMorning.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300346502215250290" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33576081.post-21474381373528476232009-02-08T13:52:00.000+05:302009-02-08T13:58:21.011+05:30Early morning conversation!Me, Raks & prema visited Ramanagar today morning. It was really eventful. We spotted Peregrine Falcon which was a lifer. There were 13 Long billed Vultures (& perhaps more) on a single rock bed. Though I couldn't get any decent flight shots, I did like this shot. A myna seem to having a conversation with the LBV. ACtually myna flew very close the LBV and picked something that was close to LBV and before it flew off, they seem to have had a conversation. It was interesting to see Myna sitting close it. I've seen (in photos/videos) Mynas being hunted by Peregrine Falcon & other raptors; and here it seemed unperturbed by its presence!! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIefMNTzzgbi9whEgWP9F-rbYbnXW1MGJjedV_romL-IXWgeNAopBbHncFbSujAkpEVmsHESnWbEVZwSUMHIxkbLR5tRv24dCWE_oBBYZqnMnSYHH2MNp1eMLq9H58GpGgeCgW/s1600-h/LBW-Myna-Conversation.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIefMNTzzgbi9whEgWP9F-rbYbnXW1MGJjedV_romL-IXWgeNAopBbHncFbSujAkpEVmsHESnWbEVZwSUMHIxkbLR5tRv24dCWE_oBBYZqnMnSYHH2MNp1eMLq9H58GpGgeCgW/s400/LBW-Myna-Conversation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300340473390763842" /></a>Gauthamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694704521844090642noreply@blogger.com1