Leopard on Tree in Kanha National Park. The image captures the mysterious habitat of an elusive mammal, providing a glimpse into the hidden world where nature’s dramas unfold. Our trip led us to a moment of exceptional rarity as we witnessed a breathtaking sequence. A dhole, chased a leopard through the dense wilderness. As our gypsy raced towards the scene, I saw the sight of the dhole leaping behind the leopard, as if defying gravity as the leopard sought refuge […]
Leopard in Cave in Jawai Bera. There has been a very long gap and I am posting on my site after almost 2 years. Will again try to keep posting regularly. This female leopard with her cubs lives in the caves of this rocky hill. We waited on the opposite side in afternoon to get a glimpse of this family. After waiting for an hour the mother came out in between this rocky cave. Leopards are very shy and elusive […]
Leopard in Black and White was photographed in Jhalana Sanctuary. Summer Temperature during the day can be up to 45+ Degree Celsius. Animals at this time of year stay close to water, the leopard is also one of them. This young female stays on a small hill close to an Artificial Waterhole. There is very little water in this region of Rajasthan so the forest dept makes artificial ponds and refill them. She comes down usually in the evening and […]
Leopard after Sunset at Bera in Jawai region. Captured this stunning moment in Bera as the sun set below the horizon. A solitary mother leopard graced the fading twilight with her presence. Despite the challenging low light, I couldn’t resist photographing her beauty. Pushing my Nikon D4s to ISO 25000 (The memory still remains of the days of fearing ISO 400 film), I shot until focusing became nearly impossible. This shot, taken in low natural light, stands out as the […]
Leopard of Jawai Bera Hills. Photographed recently using Nikon D4s+200400vr+1.4x handheld
Leopard Silhouette – Black and White. An Updated version of the leopard image. When you look at some images you realize there may be a better way to process it. I realized that there was still some details in the image worth retaining. Photography is about learning. I have kept the earlier image for comparison. “You dont take a photograph you make it” Ansel Adams Saw this leopard sitting on the hill, it rained last night and was very misty […]
Recently on my tour of Kanha we were lucky on our last safari and saw this leopard family. We were the first vehicle on morning safari in the sarhi zone and as we rushed to track tigers we heard a sambar call and slowed down and as we moved over the turns of the hilly terain trying to locate the area of the call we saw this family sitting on this rock. Being the only vehicle for about a minute […]
Wildlife Photography Tour, Kanha in January 2011. My First Wildlife Photo Tour of the year 2011 to Kanha was a success for me and my group and with sightings of almost all the mammals of kanha and a variety of birds and rare animal behavior. We were lucky to see so many animals as temp had dropped to almost -6 deg celcius(a record low for kanha) a few days before and sightings were very less. When I was there the […]
Leopards are very elusive and I find them to be the most beautiful of the big cats. After searching for them in Pench National Park, India for 2 days, found this young one for just a few moments while it was stalking. It was in sight for only a few seconds and disappeared into the forest after a few clicks.