Aarti_Sachin_Soman

Tawny fish owl

Tawny fish owl

Tawny fish owl in the vast and wild forest of Jim Corbett, Uttarakhand, India. This large owl is nocturnal but can be conspicuous by day too, searching for pre...
Read more

Tawny fish owl in the vast and wild forest of Jim Corbett, Uttarakhand, India. This large owl is nocturnal but can be conspicuous by day too, searching for prey.
Usually prey on crabs, fish, shrimps, insects found in the river.
This was clicked from the safari open jeep ride at around 7 am.

** The safari driver had no enthu at all, he just wanted to complete the ride for the day and .in the 3 hrs of the ride we were left with eating dust...
A local pond is much better than visiting Jim Corbett park.

RAW _DSC5301
Summer Season.
Read less

camera

NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 2800 Shutter 1/3200 Focal Length 500/1

location

location

Uttarakhand, IN

upload_date

upload_date

May, 2019

Views

321

Likes

+111

Awards

Peer Award

+62

Magnificent Capture

+3

Top Choice

+3

Absolute Masterpiece

Superb Composition

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Superior Skill

Emotions

Impressed

+1

Categories

Lovely shot

Thanks dear. :)

Beautiful photograph!

:) Thank you again for a lovely comment, Alfredo.

PRO

Tienes una Galeria muy interesante

Thank you Roberto. :)

Platinum

Awesome capture

:) Thank you Mark.

Ultimate

Awesome bird and photo!

:) Thanks Terry.

PRO+

Nice pic

Thank you. :)

Is that a fish owl.

Yes.. it's a Tawny fish owl.

See all

Same photographer See all

A cell phone capture of raindrops falling on the flower.
We had not taken our camera because of the heavy rain.

Leicester City Center, UK
Dutch

Serenity and beyond.

This was clicked from the car window.
I liked the little cottage in the Scottish highland valley. Autumn colours and fog.

Pink cherry blossom branch swaying in the breeze
Everything in the background was at such a distance that it created the ideal conditions for beautif

A great pose, with beautiful spread wings.

Normally, this spread creates a big round, but this one is a little different. You can see that the bo

Mamma knows best...herbal noodles are better than stale bread thrown by humans.

River Soar, Leicester, UK.
Summer 2016
DSC_3336

Pic 2 -- Southern masked weaver birds
Female (L) and Male (R)

southern masked weaver males have several female partners and build a succession of

Pic 1
Southern masked weaver males have several female partners and build a succession of nests, typically 25 each season. When he is finished, the m

A sweet kid waving her flag.
This pic was clicked at the Armed Forces Day parade in Leicester, UK. 2016.
The whole crowd was cheering for the par

Astrantia major flower is a very beautiful pink flower.
This is a color perspective for the flower,
(an experiment with blue color).

Leiceste

There are two portraits in this image. One is an owl, and the other is my selfie in the owl's huge bright eyes.

Eurasian eagle-owl.
Lake Dist

Oriental leopard's-bane flower and a bee... Summer 2016
(Leopard's Bane-Doronium Orientale)

Symbiosis: a relationship between two organ

An early morning walk around the Pune University campus.
This is an old Banyan tree that has the appearance of an arch.

RAW: DSC_0020
Savitribai

Young tigers were fighting for fun.
We were inside the cage (car). so had limitations with the dirty glass in between.

Woburn Safari Park, UK
S

Life is like a Ferris wheel. Sometimes you are up and sometimes you are down. Just enjoy the ride. :)
So true, isn't it?

The Christmas vaca

Two together in sync.

Beautiful birds...we had a great time birding at Bhigwan.
These photos were taken 5 months after I returned home from the Un

The Forth Railway Bridge is an iconic and amazing engineering feat. It's also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It is approximately 125 years old, c

This is Pic 1.
(sorry, pic 2 got uploaded first)
I've never seen a raptor with its widespread wings and its prey, so closely before.

A rapt

Yellow crocus and snowdrops.
Only manual focusing done.

Western Park, Leicester
Spring 2016, UK.
DSC_5319

Discover more photos See all

Angy and Rocin by AAPhotography-byAlina

Wash time, Addo Elephant Safari Park by maryannwest

Onça on Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, MT, Brasil by carlosazambuja

Cheetah walking in the last rays of the light by vladcech

A beautiful sunset at the Oceanside Harbor Jetty. Used a long exposure time to capture the movement of the clouds and calm the raging surf. by larrymarshall

Loving the River by fredstein

The journey of actor and Cowboy, Macé Elias by aaronanderson

young maned wolf looking into the sky by uwegibkes

spider was hiding behind a spider field guide by katrienbuysse

A Pgygmy Seahorse by MatW

Red Deer stag, Richmond Park by ianandrews

Was so very lucky to come around a curve in the road and have this lynx walking towards me. I pulled over and parked, grabbed my camera and starting s by DJMayImages

Fox kit by casperkerrivan

Lovely Fury by Sensational

A Harrier Hawk with a roadkill rabbit as it starts to shift it away. by KimFree

Friesian stallion at sunset on the beach. by Samantha_Dawn

A highland of my Svalbard expedition was meeting this polar bear cub by judithkuhn

Z 3 B R A S by Dantes_View

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.