Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Morning Light

You have really some good situations to create images when you see a tiger at Bandhavgarh. It is known as the highest tiger population park in India.

Exif: 1/800s, ƒ/8, ISO 3200 | Location: Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh

Photography by Srimant Das, Odisha, India

Habitat at Bharatpur

Keoladeo National Park is a vast bird sanctuary and former royal game reserve in the north Indian state of Rajasthan. South of the ancient city of Bharatpur, the park’s woods and man-made wetlands protect over 350 species of migratory and resident birds, including herons, cormorants and eagles.

Exif: 1/500s, ƒ/8, ISO 500 | Location: Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Indian Jackal

Found in almost all protected areas of India except those in the high Himalayas, the golden jackal or Indian jackal is the most widespread wild canid in the Indian subcontinent.

Exif: 1/160s, ƒ/8, ISO 640 | Location: Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh

Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Stretching Down

The cheetah is one of the most fascinating predators in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem.

Exif: 1/1000s, ƒ/2.8, ISO 500 | Location: Masai Mara, Kenya

Photography by Suvradeep Mitra, Odisha, India

Indian Pitta

The Indian pitta is a passerine bird native to the Indian subcontinent. It inhabits scrub jungle, deciduous and dense evergreen forest. It breeds in the forests of the Himalayas, hills of central and western India, and migrates to other parts of the peninsula in winter.

Exif: 1/125s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 1600 | Location: Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Kerala

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, the Keoladeo National Park is recognized as one of the world’s most important bird breeding and feeding grounds. It originated as a royal hunting reserve during the 1850s and was a game reserve for Maharajas and the British.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/4, ISO 800 | Location: Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan

Photography by Debasish Mishra, Odisha, India

Rufous Treepie

The rufous treepie is a treepie, native to the Indian Subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia. It is a member of the crow family, Corvidae.

Exif: 1/1000s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 2000 | Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Deccan Ground Gecko

Cyrtodactylus deccanensis, also commonly known as Deccan ground gecko, Günther’s Indian gecko, or the banded ground gecko, is a species of gecko found in the northern Western Ghats of India.

Exif: 1/1000s, ƒ/2.8, ISO 2000 | Location: Western Ghats, Maharashtra

Photography by Rama Chandra Barik, Odisha, India

Spotted Deer

The chital, also known as spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a species of deer that is native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described by German naturalist Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777.

Exif: 1/800s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 640 | Location: Bandhavgarh National Park, Rajasthan