Samyak Kaninde

Kabini (Nagarhole National Forest), Karnataka.


The Jungle Lodges at Kabini is strategically situated on the banks of Kabini River.
Once it used to be the hunting lodge of Maharaja of Mysore. Its huge campus with neatly maintained landscapes and superb food and hospitality will make your stay worthwhile there.
They offer jeep safaris into deep Nagarhole National forest and also the boat rides which take you through the kabini river along the bankside for birding.

1. The chital(spotted deer) stag calling for others.

spotted deer

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/60s, F5.6, ISO 200, Handheld.


2. The lone tusker cooling himself at waterhole.

tusker

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/400s, F5.6, ISO 200, Handheld.


3. Wild boar digging the ground for food.

wild boar

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/60s, F5.6, ISO 200, +1 Ev, Handheld.


4. The grey jungle fowl (male) in all its dominant color and calling out loud.

grey jungle fowl

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/100s, F5.6, ISO 200, -1/3 Ev, Handheld.


5. The tusker feasting on the bamboos.

tusker eating bamboo

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/80s, F5.6, ISO 400, -1/3 Ev, Handheld.


6. Elephant trying to take a dustbath by throwing dust on itself. This is to keep the insects away and also to save themselves from hot sun.

elephant mudbath

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/50s, F5.6, ISO 200, Handheld.


7. Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) beside the Kabini River.

SBKF

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/800s, F5.6, -1/3 Ev, ISO 400, Handheld.


8. The lazy leopard. It took more than 5 minutes to spot this even after knowing it is sitting there. Before we could click it better, it turned away its face.

leopard

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/60s, F5.6, ISO 200, Handheld.


9. This lazy leopard was sitting prettily on a tree branch hiding away its face from all the shutterbugs.

leopard

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/60s, F5.6, ISO 800, -1/3 Ev, Handheld.


10. The sunset colors over the silhouette tree.

sunset colors

Canon 400D, Canon 300mm with 1.4 TC
1/1600s, F5.6, ISO 400, Handheld from a moving boat in Kabini River.




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