Indian Rhino with calf

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 1, 2014317 views6 comments

In the beginning of April we visited Kaziranga NP in Assam, India. A beautiful area, not visited by many foreign tourists. The park is well known for its population of One-horned Rhinos. We had several encounters with those magnificent animals. Sometimes close and sometimes a bit further away. I like this ' animalscape' in the late afternoon light.

D7100, Sigma 70-200@200mm, 1/160, F7.1

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 1, 2014 at 9:51 PM

Amazing image showing the size of these animals compared to their surroundings (with the bird in the LRC helping provide scale). I love the colors too

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 2, 2014 at 2:54 AM

Ellen,
I visited Kaziranga a few years back and it was probably the only place in India I could consider returning to, the "crowds" are not so manic

This capture the park and its most famous inhabitants perfectly

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 2, 2014 at 10:32 AM

I like the excellent sense of scale given by the relative size of rhinos to surrounding vegetation! Nice capture.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on June 2, 2014 at 1:30 PM

hello Ellen

Like the Whole Image, Well done. Showing off the Environment in India !

bill

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on June 2, 2014 at 6:01 PM

A lovely animalscape, Ellen - the larger version is worth checking out for sure.
Do you have one where mom looked up as well?

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on June 2, 2014 at 11:07 PM

I just love these subject-small-in-the-frame shots, showing the beautiful landscape of Kaziranga. This park had less than 20-30 rhinos at the turn of the last century, and has now bounced back. There are still very serious threats, though, from poachers and every year more than 30 rhinos are killed for their horns. The forest staff is doing a remarkable, dangerous and thankless job preventing poaching and trophy hunting.

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