Image of the Month: Jan 2013

[Sabyasachi Patra]

We don't see this species often. Desert Gerbil clicked at Bikaner by Anshul Jain has been adjudged as the Image of the Month for January 2013.

I loved the pose and the action. This shows us that even small animals can give us images with nice behaviour and action instead of a charismatic animal looking to its left or right. Too often we ignore species other than the Big five and beautiful birds. It is time we understand their importance in the overall scheme of things.

Exif details:
7D, 100-400
1/1250, f5.6, Iso320, about 30% crop

[Mrudul Godbole]

Congrats..!! Nice catch light and good details.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice image. Completely agree that the lesser fauna need a lot more attention in terms of policy making and protection and also from the conservation groups and NGO's.

TFS
Roopak

[Anshul Jain]

Thanks a lot Sabyasachi for this honor. Totally surprised, pleasantly so, gives me encouragement for the future.

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Very good image!