Symbiosis

[Nishith Kumar]

Cattle Egrets are known to form symbiotic relationships with many different animals. Here's an example of cattle egret sharing a symbiotic relationship with a Blue Bull...

Exif Info:

Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: Sigma 150-500mm
Focal length: 150mm
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO: 1250
Aperture: 10
SGPGIMS Campus, Lucknow
July 2015

-Nishith

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice click. the egret in breeding plumes looks good. wondering how a vertical compo with more space at the bottom and top will look.
TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice you got this bull so close. Liked the eye contact. Fresh green grass in the foreground and background looks nice. Seems the rains have been good there. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Let us celebrate the eternal friendship between the two. Nice feel about it. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Subhash Shrivastava]

Hi Nishith, for me, here in this part of India, it's a piece of dream that I am seeing in your image. Blue bulls out in open verdant grasslands filled with water. wow. thanks for sharing

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice picture depicting harmony in the animal kingdom... this picture reminds me of stories from Hitopadesha that I read out to my daughter where there is unlikely friendship between animals...thanks for sharing

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. The nilgai is in focus and the catchlight in the eye looks good. The greenery gives a nice feel to the image. The cattle egret often perch on these herbivores and feed on the ticks etc from the body and pick up the insects that get displaced due to the movement of these animals. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Nishith Kumar]

Thanks Roopak, Mrudul mam, Saktipada, Subhas, Murugan and Sabyasachi Sir for appreciating the image. Nilgai are very shy creature, it's very difficult to get close to them on foot however over a period of time I have realised that just like other animals and birds they have become well acquainted with motor vehicle and they don't take them as threat! It's easier to get crazy close to them and shoot pics from car's window without alarming them. :-)


-Nishith