HARVEY WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

India; Agra, Bandhavgarh, Pench and Delhi, 2011: Bandhavgarh and Pench National Parks, India, 2011

Taking pictures of Indian wildlife was great. I went to India to take pictures of tigers. Although I didn't get many tiger photos, I did manage to get indian leopard photos, langur monkey photos, spotted deer photos and pictures of many other Indian animals.

First Indian Leopard Sighting

First Tiger sighting in the wild

We heard the monkey alarm calls so started looking around for the tiger that we were searching for, when one of our guides spotted something even more precious. An elusive leopard. The leopard ran through the bush and came out behind us on the road. I was lucky to be able to get a quick shot of him as he leaped on to the road behind us, then into the bush on the other side. This leopard was my guide's first leopard sighting of the year and it was already November.
   
This is B2. He is a large male bengal tiger in Bandhavgarh National Park.
  
I don't typically enjoy photographing birds, but this guy staring at us with his mohawk was too much to pass up. We photographed him for about ten minutes. He was perched over the water and would watch out for prey on the water for a bit, then would stare at us and his little mohawk would blow around in the wind. He was pretty entertaining.
     
  
   
I saw this monkey in the ditch on the side of the road. He was quite inquisitive and the light was good so we had to stop for a few pictures. It was perfect. He tilted his head and stared at me.
   
     
  
   
  
This is a baby langur monkey in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.
     
  
This baby langur monkey was part of a troop of monkeys. Watching monkeys is so entertaning that even the babies are entertained by the action sometimes.
   
  
While waiting for monkey alarm calls, another safari jeep drove by us. I waited until the dust from the vehicle hit the light rays coming through the forest to snap this picture. Sometimes you have to be creative when the wildlife doesn't show up. While we didn't see any tigers that day, I do enjoy this image.
     
  
   
  
I don't typically enjoy photographing birds, but this guy staring at us with his mohawk was too much to pass up. We photographed him for about ten minutes. He was perched over the water and would watch out for prey on the water for a bit, then would stare at us and his little mohawk would blow around in the wind. He was pretty entertaining.
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
We came across this langur monkey in Pench National Park. He was kind enough to pose for us.