International Wild Life Photography Contest 2017

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These snakes live in the rainforests of flat plains and forested hills in the lowlands to an altitude of 1000m. They are usually found after the rain at night or in other words, this snake Active at night, these snakes often spends more time in the trees, but not infrequently also found in the bushes are quite low and the forest floor. These snakes are prey of birds, rodents and mammals kecillainnya. These snakes are usually not aggressive and rarely quick temper bite, unlike most other vipers. but this snake will quickly respond if a hot object distance is not too far away from him.

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I found a colony of Blue tailed bee eaters couple of years ago in a riverbank .It is always beautiful to get the bird in backlight as the colour of the wings looks complete different. That evening, the light was extremely good ..the birds sometimes flue very close to the shallow water body besides the river… with a high shutter speed I was able to capture this shot where the reflection of evening light creates a magical effect … Location :- Damodar River bank, Burdwan, West Bengal, India Date taken :- 14/05/16, at 4.07 p.m

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It was absolutely dark outside our homestay at Bali island in Sunderban Tiger Reserve. Evening snacks were given. We were discussing the images we clicked throughout the day. Suddenly we heard the screeching of an owl nearby. Without wasting time me with my two friends and guide left our nest to find the source. After a rigorous searching, my guide shouted in excitement, pointing out to a branch of a tree. We were amazed. A spotted owlet was sitting there with a rodent in its claw.

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Happened many adventures when I traveling through Kenya and Tanzania.One of them was when our jeep attacked agitated elephant. Only due to the high professionalism of render, we managed to escape and remain undisturbed. I was very happy that I managed to pick up a number of photos from the attack.

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The Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erythaca) is a resident bird that disperses widely with the onset of the south-west monsoon. Captured this beauty in September 2015 in Jungles of Maharashtra, India. It is a breeding visitor to the area in June–September, thereafter not being present during October–May.

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this photo,which seemed to be taken in the studio,made me happy.

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I took the portrait of this lion in the Bannerghatta National Park, Karnataka, India in February 2017. All the lions are kept free in a restricted area of the park, where visitors can only go in small numbers in a covered vehicle accompanied by the trained forest personnel. This lion was relaxing in the pleasant winter afternoon sun and allowed me to take his portrait from distance.

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Its been a drought year thought out the southern part of India, and The killing thrust had made these elephants to cross inter state borders of miles of walk with interruption of forest fire and human conflict to reach the water holes.

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A great white shark takes a panicked seal in False Bay, South Africa.

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Scene from Kruger Park

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I had nothing to shot perfectly until the end of the day but finally this stork made my day. i was waiting without interrupting it and it posed at me for a shot i used that moment. the way nature moves with humans is amazing.it made my day.

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Photo Title Spotted Owlet

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A group of double-crested cormorants regularly fish in a large pond about a half mile from my Florida House. Over time, they have come to accept my close presence. In this shot, I used a narrow DOF to hone in on the mesmerizing eyes of the bird.

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Yunnanese snub-nosed monkey is an extremely rare species, found only in NW Yunnan, China - essentially, in one relatively large forest near Tagong town. At the moment they are reasonably well protected, their habitat designated as a national park.