Kiangs - Wild Asses of Himalayas

[Hymakar Valluru]

The playful lot of Kiangs near Tsokar lake in Ladhak Region.

They were split into three different herds and they keep running from this end of the cold desert to other end raising dust creating a beautiful picturesque.

This was clicked in Sep'13.

EXIF Details:

Canon 60D
70-200 IS II USM +2X TCIII
TV :1/1600
AV: F/5.6
ISO 400
Center Weighted Metering.

More images to follow pretty soon. :-)

[Shyamala Kumar]

Beautiful image of a rarely photographed species from a remote part of our country .Looking forward to more such gems.TFS

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice fleeting image of Kiang. Good that you could see them as numbers are not many in northern Ladakh. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice to see this . a lower angle and a wider compo if possible wud been nice.

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Agree that wider composition without cropping would have been better. Wider composition would also show the vastness of habitat

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see this species. Liked the galloping pose. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.