Deer and Drongo

Now that's what I call hitching a ride in style ;^)

Bit of a shame about the road - as this detracts somewhat from the feel of "in the wild" - and for me the Deer appears too large in the frame, however, the story of the Drongo together with the Deer makes this a pleasing image to look at all the same :^)

Hi Kedar,

Nice shot of an interesting bit of interspecific interaction - I guess we have a degree of parasitism going on here (unless, of course, that drong is picking insects off the deer...in which case I think we'd have to call it commensalism! ). I agree with Ashley about the road, but not sure that presenting this with the deer much smaller would work as the drong would become so small as to be hardly noticeable). So, in a way, this is a bit of a tough shot to pull off (from a compositional perspective). You did a good job of isolating the subjects from the background...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad