Your Pictures: April 2010
Title: A Miniature Dragon “I spotted this beauty in our garden after a week of heavy rainfall. Surprisingly, the lizard kept still, even when I crept close to it to take this closeup.” Camera: Nikon D40 Lens: Nikkor 18–55mm Aperture: f/5 Shutterspeed: 1/250sec ISO: 200 Photograph/ Aroon Kalandy, Calicut
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Title: A Miniature Dragon “I spotted this beauty in our garden after a week of heavy rainfall. Surprisingly, the lizard kept still, even when I crept close to it to take this closeup.” Camera: Nikon D40 Lens: Nikkor 18–55mm Aperture: f/5 Shutterspeed: 1/250sec ISO: 200 Photograph/ Aroon Kalandy, Calicut
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Title: The Tree Climber “This is a common tree frog, known for its climbing abilities. I shot this photo at midnight using a powerful torch because I wanted to emphasise the limbs of the frog.” Camera: Canon EOS 400D Lens: Canon 18–55mm IS Aperture: f/5.6 Shutterspeed: 1/60sec ISO: 800 Photograph/ Sanket Deshpande, Pune
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Title: Snout “While shooting at a lake near Kanakapura Road in Bangalore, I sensed some movement further along the swamp. It turned out to be this beautiful turtle! But it vanished almost at the same time and I had to wait for 20 minutes for it to pop out again to take this shot.” Camera: Canon EOS 30D Aperture: f/5.6 Shutterspeed: 1/800sec ISO: 400 Photograph/ Ashish Parmar, Bengaluru
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Title: Starry, Starry Nights “I found this slender, green vine snake in Amboli, a village situated deep within the dense forests of the Sahyadri Range. I took this picture on a drizzling night. Using a flash caused the droplets on the snake’s head to look like glittering stars, hence the title.” Camera: Canon 450D Lens: Sigma 170–500 mm Aperture: f/22 Shutterspeed: 1/200sec ISO: 100 Photograph/ Anantham Suresh,Tamil Nadu
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Title: Racers “Hungry ducks were swimming around this pond covered with water hyacinths. The trail they created because of the orderly manner they were swimming in, was quite attractive” Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S9100 Aperture: f/8 Shutterspeed: 1/250sec ISO: 100 Photograph/ Biplab Sikdar, Kolkata
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Title: The Great Fight “At the Thol Bird Sanctuary in Gujarat, I saw these two Great Egrets rearing their heads at each other, preparing for a fight. As soon as they lunged at each other, I released the shutter.” Camera: Canon EOS 500D Lens: Canon EF 70–300mm Aperture: f/10 Shutterspeed: 1/800sec ISO: 200 Photograph/ Aditya Roy, Ahmedabad
Tags: Wildlife, Nature, april 2010, frog, snake, duck, egrets, Your Pictures
