Jackal's big meal

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 15, 2011218 views4 comments

India's famous wetland Keoladeo National Park is home to amazing mammals apart from being a World Heritage Site.Its recent claim to fame is also being home to a straying tigress.

Apart from the wildlife, it also is run over by local inhabitants for grazing etc., which is a prescribed management intervention in the park. A fair amount of run down cattle form a significant portion of the diet of the predators in the park.

This jackal inspects a dead cow.Image was shot in late evening light ISO 640, f5.6,1/800.

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4 comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 16, 2011 at 8:25 AM

The setting n pose are very interesting, but the image needs to be brightened up.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 16, 2011 at 11:39 AM

A powewrful and (in a way) beautiful image.... life and death in stark contrast.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on February 16, 2011 at 11:01 PM

A striking image Vijay. I like the soft light, but agree with Jagdeep that it could be a tad brighter. I also cannot help wondering how the reflection looked like and if it would have worked to include that instead of the BG.

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Comment posted by Upjeet Singh on February 18, 2011 at 6:26 AM

Vijay, I commented on INW on this image, very powerful but I would suggest you post a larger version of this. It would come out much better then. Like suggested below a little brightening would be helpful

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