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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by prashantsingh » Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:54 pm

Finally got the hang of posting snaps.....after much effort....
The Neelgai is the largest antelope in India. Saved by its name (Neel - Blue, Gai-Cow) it is found in plenty.Damages crops but is well tolerated by the farmers.
Some snaps I took this Feb / March at my farm.
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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by hvj1 » Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:24 pm

Hey Prashant,
Excellent photographs, keep up the good work mate, now you are inspiring me to go and shoot a few of my own. :D
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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by fantumfan2003 » Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:41 pm

Prasahant,

Nice pics, Liked the 4th one...

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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by prashantsingh » Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:58 pm

Thanks hvj1 and fantumfam

The Neelgai is an ideal example of Wildlife conservation in India.
These animals damage 30% of my crop . Yet they are tolerated by everyone.
For a Hindu ----The Neelgai is a Cow. (Though an antelope ). The animals name provides it a certain amount of immunity.
My personal favorite is the first one. See how the two males are standing proud in my Wheat crop.

fantumfan
That's a big powerful fellow. In our area it is said that you can judge the prosperity of the farmers from the health of the Neelgai in the area. ha ha ha.

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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by hvj1 » Mon Nov 08, 2010 7:17 pm

For a Hindu ----The Neelgai is a Cow. (Though an antelope ). The animals name provides it a certain amount of immunity.
Hi Prashant,
Here's an Idea, lets rechrishtian , all endangedred species in India as follows;
Tigergai
Shergai
Leopardgai
etc.gai :D
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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by prashantsingh » Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:56 pm

Three more.
From Rajaji National Park. 820 sq kms of wilderness.
The northern most habitat of the wild Asian Elephant.
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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by sudesh » Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:28 am

great snaps prashantji

:cheers:

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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by Vikram » Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:06 am

Prashant, loved each photographgreat of yours.Whenever I see a wild animal thriving, it gives me great satisfaction. :cheers:

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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by prashantsingh » Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:49 am

Thanks Sudesh and vikram

and now for the undisputed KING of the Indian Jungle

Tiger Tiger Burning Bright.
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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by xl_target » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:26 am

Ah! Prashantsingh. I enjoyed every one of those photos.
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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by archer » Tue Nov 09, 2010 12:59 pm

here are some from my cam

Bear - Sequoia national park, CA
Sea side pics - Malibu beach, CA
Duck - Washington DC( Capitol building).

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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by prashantsingh » Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:45 pm

The bear snap is just amazing archer. Looks like a big fellow.

I am glad xl_target you liked the snaps.
The interesting thing is that all these snaps have been taken with a very basic camera....Sony Cyber-shot after getting reasonably close to the animals.
Getting close to the Neelgai of Dist Moradabad is not very easy. While half the population (hindus) do not harm the animal ...the other half (muslims) shoot them with/without a permit to protect their crop. Infact many hindu farmers (with smaller landholdings) who can not take the damage caused to their crop invite their muslim friends to do the job. Ironical. Two Neelgai males fighting for territory can raise a few beeghas of crop to the ground. You can expect these animals to break into a gallop the moment they are spooked. The males are powerful animals and I have seen them clearing 6 feet tall fences like a champion show jumping horse.
Did you notice the auto flash of the camera in the Tiger's eye. Not a good idea when you are so close.
I have been charged by a mother elephant (with her calf) in Cheela range when my auto-flash went again, while I was just about 20 yards from the giants.

Any members from Jodhpur.
Would really appreciate if you guys could put up some snaps of those Bisnoi villages and their Chinkaras and Blackbucks. There is a snap I saw of a Bishnoi lady feeding her baby with one breast and a blackbuck fawn with the other. The Bishnois are undoubtedly the Champions of Wildlife conservation in India.

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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by shooter » Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:30 pm

Any members from Jodhpur.
Would really appreciate if you guys could put up some snaps of those Bisnoi villages and their Chinkaras and Blackbucks.

Dittoo for members from Bikaner. Drive along NH11 on any given day, any time and keep your eyes open. You are bound to run into chinkara and maybe blackbuck if you are lucky.
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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by prashantsingh » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:42 pm

Some birds
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Re: Wildlife Photography

Post by Mark » Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:05 am

Here is another peacock picture:
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I am flapping my shirt, that makes him fan out his tail. We just got him a missus this fall so we'll see if we can get a troop of baby peacocks in the spring.

Here are some other wildlife pictures from my neck of the woods:

This was a Copperhead Snake, one of the 3 poisonous snakes that live around here. This was was run over trying to cross the road. Fortunately they are not very poisonous and fatalities are virtually non-existant.:
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This is a "Wolf Spider", a predatory hunter but are harmless. This one is unique in that she is carrying her babies on her, if you look closely at her abdomen those are all little ones!
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And of course, when wandering around outside you still have to be wary of the tigers waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting!
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