Dhanu Narenthiran
When the boars attacked.
I have been in hibernation on flickr for the last two months because I was back home in Sri lanka and I didn't have my pc to process any of the photos I took. I am back in Melbourne now and just started processing my photos. I thought of starting off with one of my favourites.
As far as photo technicalities (& blur go), this photo is a failure (the light was really bad). But I really love the 'moment' in this.
The photo actually depicts a wildboar attacking a leopard in the wild (not the other way around!). To start off, we were lucky enough to see two large male leopards acting aggressively over a territorial dispute, but the best moment occured when both the leopards came across the path of herd of 6 adult wildboars. Surprisingly, the wildboars actually attacked the leopards aggressively without any provocation. One of the leopards sought refuge in a nearby scrub, while this one tried to defend before running away. Certainly one of my best sightings at Yala to date.
Canon 40D, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L +2x extender
ISO 1250, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/30, handheld (+ excitement)
When the boars attacked.
I have been in hibernation on flickr for the last two months because I was back home in Sri lanka and I didn't have my pc to process any of the photos I took. I am back in Melbourne now and just started processing my photos. I thought of starting off with one of my favourites.
As far as photo technicalities (& blur go), this photo is a failure (the light was really bad). But I really love the 'moment' in this.
The photo actually depicts a wildboar attacking a leopard in the wild (not the other way around!). To start off, we were lucky enough to see two large male leopards acting aggressively over a territorial dispute, but the best moment occured when both the leopards came across the path of herd of 6 adult wildboars. Surprisingly, the wildboars actually attacked the leopards aggressively without any provocation. One of the leopards sought refuge in a nearby scrub, while this one tried to defend before running away. Certainly one of my best sightings at Yala to date.
Canon 40D, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L +2x extender
ISO 1250, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/30, handheld (+ excitement)