Bhargava Srivari
05-02-2011, 04:38 PM
We had started from JLR-bandipur and were heading towards kabini when at 11:40am precisely, we were blocked from proceeding further by a jeep belonging to Project Tiger, bandipur!
On enquiring with the forest personnel, we got to know that a herd of elephants were migrating from Satyamangalam to kabini/bandipur and the pachyderms would cross the road anytime.
I quickly grabbed my camera and set it up ready to shoot...we were hearing a lot of crackers being burnt and gunshots were fired into the air!
In what the estimated 5 minutes became a long 25min, the elephants finally crossed the road and entered the man-made forest on the other side:)
During the short conversation I had had with the range officer, I realised that elephants used to cause quite some damage to the crops in the area
until a couple of years ago, when the forest dept. of Karnataka created patches of man-made forests, and fenced the other parts of the route through the villages.
So, the elephants didn't really have a choice but to enter the urban/human-created forest and proceed towards their destination:)
Incidentally, it was the first time I had seen a herd of 11 elephants in which all were tuskers!
Seven elephants can be seen in the frame..too bad though that the tusker on the far left isn't bright enoguh:(
Canon 60D
sigma 150-500mm
handheld, on foot
f/7
EV 0
1/320sec
ISO 400
focal length 250mm
FULL FRAME
On enquiring with the forest personnel, we got to know that a herd of elephants were migrating from Satyamangalam to kabini/bandipur and the pachyderms would cross the road anytime.
I quickly grabbed my camera and set it up ready to shoot...we were hearing a lot of crackers being burnt and gunshots were fired into the air!
In what the estimated 5 minutes became a long 25min, the elephants finally crossed the road and entered the man-made forest on the other side:)
During the short conversation I had had with the range officer, I realised that elephants used to cause quite some damage to the crops in the area
until a couple of years ago, when the forest dept. of Karnataka created patches of man-made forests, and fenced the other parts of the route through the villages.
So, the elephants didn't really have a choice but to enter the urban/human-created forest and proceed towards their destination:)
Incidentally, it was the first time I had seen a herd of 11 elephants in which all were tuskers!
Seven elephants can be seen in the frame..too bad though that the tusker on the far left isn't bright enoguh:(
Canon 60D
sigma 150-500mm
handheld, on foot
f/7
EV 0
1/320sec
ISO 400
focal length 250mm
FULL FRAME