One of our image - "Wild Ass @ Little Rann of Kutch"
is on page 40 in the December issue
of "Popular Photography" magazine (USA)

The light was really low when the lion got up
and start patrolling its territory.
could not get a sharp shot at 500mm setting
of the 50-500mm lens when it was sitting.
As we were in a car, we used a beanbag and zoomed out
to 195 mm to reduce the blur, panned the camera while squeezing
the shutter on continuous shooting mode
to increase the chance of getting a sharp frame.
1/13 sec at f8 the camera was on 800 ISO.

Crawling in the slime was once again rewarded!!!

Had to sit patiently for an hour near this pond
before the birds started fishing.
The efficiency of this particular Night Heron was amazing,
at times it would catch two fishes in one go,
after about 15-20 minutes I lost count of the fishes it had gulped down.
A paddy bird would try its luck at fishing at the same spot
but would be driven away by its bigger competitor,
even then it managed to get its share from
under the nose (beak) of the night heron.
It was eventually disturbed by a herdsmen
who brought his cattle to the pond for a bath,
and that was the end of the show!!