One more photo of the obliging leopard from my recent visit to Kabini. The previous one that I had posted, I had clicked him while making eye contact. Unfortunately, the background is a bit distracting. In this one the background is quite clutter free but the leopard decided not to make eye contact.
I guess you win some and lose some

Also know as the Hanuman langurs, these animals are quite a common sight across India. However, the poise of this female struck me. She was sitting by herself, a little away from the rest of the troops, in what is essentially a tiger and leopard infested forest.

Alarm calls from langurs are one of the surest indicators of the presence of predators in an area and puts most of the prey animals on their guard. However, in this state this female was definitely vulnerable. Luckily for her there were no alarm calls that evening.

My encounters with elephants continued into this week also. A fortnight ago, a single elephant had threatened to charge me and this week I managed to experience three elephants, accompanied by a small calf, charging at our van ! Not sure which one was more scary. Unlike last time, this time around I was in a van full of tourists hence I was deriving some comfort from our sheer strength. On the flip side this encounter was a much closer affair and the elephants also had the numbers to easily topple our van. Like in the previous case, this time also there was a small calf with the elephants – reason enough for them to be ultra aggressive.

The real thrill was indeed when I reached the safety of our resort and realized I had managed to capture the motion and the aggressive postures of these gentle giants, which when agitated can also be highly destructive.

Wildlife photography takes me closer to nature but there are moments like these that really makes me sit back and wonder at the intricacies of nature’s design.
It was indeed a delight to see this doe feed its fawn while keeping a watchful eye on me.