Tahr

[Mrudul Godbole]

Photographed at Valparai.

Canon 50D, 100-400mm L IS USM, ISO 400, f8, 1/160, hand held, full frame.

comments and critiques welcome..

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The image is sharp. Unfortunately, one won't realise that this Nilgiri Tahr is not in a zoo. The habitat modification from rocky to cemented walls makes it look like a zoo. It is tough for these fellows as the vehicles zoom past them at high speeds. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice image, good to see the Tahr so relaxed. The concrete steps can mislead and does not portray the habitat. I wish we can always see them on hills and slopes with plenty of vegetation.
tfs

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice sharp image.Agee with comments below on the challanges to the animals habitat and its helpless adaptation.

TFS
Roopak

[Lakshminarayanan Nataraja]

With more tourists pouring in the tahr in Valparai is in despair. They are fed with all sort of stuff brought in from the civilization below.

A barricade to deter tourists and even the tahr in the 9th HP bend is very much required to re-make them truly wild..

Thanks for documenting its state.

[Bhargava Srivari]

The image looks nice and shap!

thanks for sharing:)

[V S Sankar]

Nice to see the Tahr.Valparai photos of Tahrs seems to be always among civiilization.....

Regards