Burning Bright

[Kiran Khanzode]

He walked into the sunset that evening, never even cared to look at my camera....not even once. I would pay anything to read his/their mind....to read what they think of us, the species that has taken them to the verge of extinction from the wild. A conservative estimate puts them at anywhere between 1000-1400.

He was built bigger than the biggest of humans I've seen, The Hulk/The Rock :-) , yet, he remained so humble...all throughout our encounter, without caring for the 100's of humans gathered religiously around him....he just didn't care !!!!

A true filmstar / Simba of the Indian Jungles, imo.

Techs: 1dmk2, 300 2.8 Is with 2x, ISO 400, 1/800.

Thx,

Kiran

[David Fletcher]

Very nice Kiran. Be nice to have some eye contact as mentioned, and just rubs in how insignificant we are to them. Like your comp and framing.

[Morkel Erasmus]

sure is a big boy. pity he ignored you, but great exposure and open shot here, Kiran!

[Harshad Barve]

man look at those shoulders and front legs
his tummy is full
fantastic shot this is Kiran
loving it all the way
TFS

[Deborah Harrison]

A lovely image, I'd just love to see one of these in the wild let alone care about eye contact. Looks like a wonderful golden evening. Had he just come out of the water, his underside looks wet?

[Kiran Khanzode]

Debbie, Hi,
Yes, he was sitting/rolling in the mud/creek cooling off all afternoon. It was pretty hot out there during the Indian summer (May'09).

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Kiran,
This would be off the charts if he looked at you because of the openess and wonderful light. Still very nice.

[Kiran Khanzode]

Roman, I couldn't agree with you more....I never got the eye contact...oh well.