My 5000th post :-)

[Mrudul Godbole]

My 5000th post...feels like I have just started posting and commenting on IndiaWilds . I have learnt a lot from the comments I got on the images I posted in the forum and also by critiquing. Thanks to everyone and especially to Sabyasachi, for giving me this opportunity.

I am reposting this image, as it is kind of very special to me. This was photographed in Nagarhole in 2008 Dec. This was my first Leopard sighting and my first image taken by the Canon 50D which I had recently bought then. It was a very surprise sighting on the road and so I had no time to change or check the settings . But certainly it was a great experience...So I felt it would be appropriate to post this image to mark my 5000th post.

Canon 50D, 100-400mm L IS USM, ISO 100, f14, 1/40, hand held, full frame.

Comments and critiques welcome...