Sariska Diary Nov-14

[Vipin Sharma]

Had first safari today noon.
No luck with tiger though spent fruitful hrs with this big guys , saw him having mud bath and which he thoroughly enjoyed.
Canon 7D , Canon 75-300mm f/4-5.6 , f/5.6 , 1/500 , ISO-1600 , +0.3 step , 240mm.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Magnificent male both in respect of body and antlers. Sariska and Hazaribagh are two forests where Sambar attains most impressive size. It appears that the colour of the coat has changed with onset of winter in the north.
Nice eye contact. Nice and natural behaviour - Sambar wallowing in winter captured so well. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice behaviour captured. Good eye contact. Did you try a horizontal framing? I am not sure, please check if the AF point locked in the foreground? Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

nice sighting of this impressive male. light seems low...a little more space around wud be nice.

TFS
Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Apropos of my posting at 11.34 P.M on 30 Nov 2014, another notable feature of this majestic specimen is that while the antlers are long and thick; the brow tines do seem to be least developed (what I could see in this image). If you have any other image of the head gear taken from from a different angle; you may post it , if you so desire.
Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

These fellows are very fond of wallowing in the mud, a habit not shared by cheetal.

Did you click this late in the evening? Did you use AWB or did you manually set a white balance? The top portion of the body and background seems to have undergone unpleasant noise reduction.