Friday, July 08, 2011

Wildlife Photography: Spotted Deer at Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India

Like how the blackbucks are the most handsome guys in the antelope family, the spotted deer are such handsome ones in the deer family. The young males sporting their new antlers and their fresh coat look the best.

A male spotted deer sports his beautiful antlers 
I spotted this group of spotted deer during a jungle safari into the Nagarhole National Park. Each one of them looked sparkling in their fresh colours. They had all joined together as a group of wild dogs was chasing them. Each one of them was staying alert and keeping watch. And the best part was that nearly all of them were males. So all we got to see was a maze of new antlers everywhere.

The proud antlers of spotted deer 
And that is when we landed in our jeep. These guys are great photography subjects. They are curious and at the same time known to take a leap. Both of which offer great variety in the photography frames.

12 comments:

  1. Team g squareJuly 9, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Wonderful captures 

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  2. Anu ShankarJuly 9, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    nice pics! i guess these are the only animals we are sure to see in every forest in India!

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  3. NeerajJuly 10, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    Whao, the 2nd pic looks like a painting. Very beautiful.

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  4. Sankara Subramanian CJuly 10, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Thank you man!

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  5. Sankara Subramanian CJuly 10, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    That is true. They keep increasing in number as their predator keep decreasing in number :-)

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  6. sandeepJuly 11, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    i've never seen three stags together in one frame! the antlers look lovely in this frame

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  7. Sankara Subramanian CJuly 11, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    Thank you man! They sure did look pretty.

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  8. NeerajJuly 16, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    Who needs to go to Africa to see wildlife - we've got so much in India!

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  9. NeerajJuly 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Whao, the 2nd pic looks like a painting. Very beautiful.

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  10. Sankara Subramanian CJuly 19, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    I would totally agree with you, even though I am planning a visit to Tanzania and Kenya next year :-)

    But, yes, Indian wildlife is special and thankfully is still found in decent numbers.

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  11. kristoferjohnJuly 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM

     I agree with you Neeraj,these photographs say that,india have nice wild century.Thanks for sharing photographs.

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  12. Photography DegreeOctober 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM

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