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I was very close to these creature at around the lake, the place is so beautiful and specially with the present of so many type of birds, you have done a great job with bringing all of the fine details here and the original colors.

Sri Lanka is a beautiful country and I did enjoy my say there for two times, last July and last November and still looking foreword to be there soon.

Thank you my for sharing this image and wishing you all of the best.

Anura,

Excellent sharpness and contrast of colors.

There was no lens mentioned, but if it were a zoom lens, perhaps a picture showing the entire creature would have been a better presentation.

If a long lens were used, then I can understand the natural crop factor on the Nikon D7000.

With a creature of this size, a safe distance is a good practice.

Well done anyway.

Rashed,

  Yes, Yala is very good place to see the animals. I certainly agree with you that Sri Lanka is a beautiful country and pictures on your prtofolio really has done justice to show that natural beauty.

Mike,

 The lens I used was Sigma 150-500mm. I do have a picture which shows a entire creature, but I felt the more close up of him will add an exitment & shows more detail of this beautiful creature. This is not a crop and I certainly took this picture from a failr distance away (f 6.3/500mm @ 1/320 sec) as this is the biggest animal I have seen of this kind.

Thank you to both of you for commenting on the photo.

Anura