Malabar Giant Squirrel (Gavi)

Adding to the series:tongue_smilie:

This was photographed many a moons ago on
a long trek (38 kmts over 3 days inside the Periyar reserve) inside Gavi, Periyar reserve, end of the first day - all we found was elephant dung and far off birds, was dead tired and was desperate for a break, and all of a sudden we find this cute inquisitive creature gazing down at us, also next thing we noticed there were a few far off Lion tailed macaques freaking out on this tree too.

D40x, Sigma 50-500
500mm
1/100 s
f/6.3
ISO 400

Nikhilesh after the long trek you had somthing to cheer, the image is nice I wish you would have got it in full, vertical compo would have been nice.
tfs

Cute fellow. I can imagine your situation. Difficult lighting conditions. Is this a big crop?

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Nice curious pose. It would have been good if you could have included the tail as well. Its good there are no obstructions in the foreground. Thanks for sharing.

The light is contrasty here, hence causing a difficult exposure. Including the tail would have been nice. Thanks for sharing.