Tusker Roadblock..!!

[Dipankar Mazumdar]

Dear All,
Spent a delightful few days roaming in Corbett national Park, Pangot and Saattal. Starting the series with the image of a Mammal on a primarily birding trip.
A lone tusker in the Dhilkala Chaur of the Corbett National Park trying to figure out our intentions.

EOS 5D II + 100-400 f4.5-5.6 @ f8, 135mm, ISO 800, 1/400.

Look forward to comments

Cheers
Dipankar

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Delightful image.Nice composition and details.Very neatly done.
TFS
Roopak

[Lakshminarayanan Nataraja]

Splendid image. To see a tusker is always special.
We could see edge habitat well. For large mammals, the edge habitats are very ideal.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Dipankar,
Where exactly was this? In buffer area?

Nice to see a tusker. It is sensing your presence. The composition works well with the road leading into the frame. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice environment photograph. the inclusion of the mountain in the background frames the image nicely. The raised truck adds interest. Nicely captured. Look forward to more. Thanks for sharing.

[Dipankar Mazumdar]

Dear Sabyasachi,
This is from the Chaur in the heart of the Corbett national Park. We managed a single night reservation in the much sought after DHIKALA FRH of the CTR. The Chaur is a very large expanse of grassland and the ideal habitat for the Elephant and the Deers, specially the Hog deer.
This was early morning at around 6:00 AM when the elephants after frolicking all night in the Ramganga and foraging to the hearts content were gradually dispersing into the shaded forest in the fringes.
I borrowed the 100-400 and 5D II specifically for getting environmental shots of the large mammal and it worked out pretty well.
Cheers

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Beautiful image Dipankar, the details and habitat has come out well
tfs