An Indian Sloth Bear @ Daroji
Daroji wild life sanctuary has been my favorite place for seeing and photographing Indian Sloth Bears.. Daroji sanctuary is about 364 Km from Bangalore, via Chitradurga, Hospet and further Kamalapur. We stayed at Karnataka government’s tourist guesthouse ( KSTDC’s Mayur Bhuvaneshwari ) at Kamalapura. This is quite a comfortable place to stay and just 12 Km for Daroji.
Daroji was declared as a Wild life Sanctuary during October 1994. We owe so much to the persons who identified the potential of this place and took steps to protect the Indian sloth Bears.
The sanctuary expands for about 55.87 square kilometers consisting of small hillocks amidst scrub forest. Natural caves found in these hillocks provide comfortable stay for the bears.
This shot was made during March, 2007, late in the evening, using Canon 1Ds Mark 1 with 300mm f/4 lens. Shutter @ 1/125, Aperture @f/8 at ISO 320.
nice one:-)
balaGanesan
24 Oct 09 at 8:09 am
Once again Good Shot Srinu…Keep it up..
Paparazzi D Shoooter
24 Oct 09 at 8:24 am
hey i was thinking something else but pic is very nice
yogesh band
24 Oct 09 at 9:57 am
great pic. wild beauty
kiran
24 Oct 09 at 10:54 am
Excellent shot Sir, this Bear in open habitat and a leopard on a tree trunk have always eluded me.
Himadri
24 Oct 09 at 1:25 pm
Great one…. Nice perspective… Background makes this more attractive.
Lalit
24 Oct 09 at 2:35 pm
bravo shot sir…………. mind blowing capture
sharad
24 Oct 09 at 9:21 pm
lovely shot sir! was waiting for this
samsoncj
24 Oct 09 at 10:42 pm
Superb Capture Sir..
Prabhu Sahayaraj
26 Oct 09 at 11:08 am
a lovely image. The eye contact and its expression is amazing !!!
Very crispy image. !!!
Sindhu Iyer
31 Oct 09 at 7:39 am
My God! It is looking directly at the camera/you. Good shot Sir.
Uma
31 Oct 09 at 11:36 am
Awesome look!
pg.nanda
31 Oct 09 at 3:55 pm