Malabar Giant Squirrel (Gavi)

[Nikhilesh Mahakur]

Adding to the series

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

[Praveen Siddannavar]

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

[Sabyasachi Patra]

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

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

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.

[Bibhav Behera]

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