Gaur in Rain

[Mrudul Godbole]

Photographed in Bandipur. It was raining quite heavily when we sighted a herd of Gaurs on the road. As they were quite close to the gyspy, I got a close-up.

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 100-400mm IS lens, ISO 1600, f5.6, 1/80, hand held, full frame.

Comments and critiques welcome.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I like this a lot. It was pouring (as Roopak brought it from Kerala). :) There was a tiger around and the gaurs were hesitant to go into the bush and were staying on the open. Great details in the image.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice. this was a memorable moment..the gaur were not ready to move and kept staring into the bush... the pugs of the tiger were fresh and tension was palpable. A little later we came to know futher down another jeep and seen the tiger move this side....the bad luck comes complimentary with the rain from the kerala side...:laugh:

TFS
Roopak

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Nice closeup image... good details, i like the rain effect...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Thanks all for the comments :).

Roopak, there is no bad luck, being in jungle is always good :).

[Rajan Kanagasabai]

Mrudul, Sabyasachi, Roopak

It was bad luck for me, for i had to leave a day early. Missed the Gaur and Roopak :-)

I like the feel of the photo and the details on the gaur. The slow shutter causing the rain streaks is a big plus for this wonderful image

Thanks for sharing

regards
Rajan

[V S Sankar]

Very nice image.Difficult shoot in rain.All of you seem to have had an exciting time despite the rains!

Regards

[Jitendra Katre]

great details, nice image..