Фотографии, Mainak Ray

Love is in the air

Mainak Ray — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 06:13:35 +0300

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private moment of a black panther and his spotted girlfriend high up in the canopy of trees

wait for me mum

Mainak Ray — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:39:28 +0300

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a scared Himalayan ibex calf jumped from a deep snow covered boulder to the safety of its mother below in the snow

Keep Walking

Mainak Ray — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:46:26 +0300

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A tigress walking across the forest in search of food and water

Public bath

Mainak Ray — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:37:58 +0300

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Herd of elephants drinking water and taking showers together in the Ramganga river

Lite snacks

Mainak Ray — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 09:28:08 +0300

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a female leopard carrying its recent kill of a Malabar giant squirrel higher up in the tree for lite snack. The Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is a large tree squirrel species endemic to forests and woodlands in India

No Ray of hope

Mainak Ray — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 06:46:24 +0300

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A bloody dead stingray lay on the beaches of Goa, in western India, caught from Arabian see to be cut and sold in weight to the locals while a nonchalant morning walker crossed over. Catching and Killing several marine products including sting rays are banned and punishable under Indian Laws but no one gives a heed it seems

In daddy's backyard

Mainak Ray — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 06:44:09 +0300

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Elephants grazing in the wetland at the back of a temple of god Shiva inside the core areas of Bandipur Tiger Reserve in South India. In Hindu mythology Lord "Shiva" is the father of the Elephant god "Ganesha"

Paths to food

Mainak Ray — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 06:42:29 +0300

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A lone male Himalayan Ibex, with large recurved horns and long beards, was walking through an elevated crest deep in snow over a heavily snowed mountain ridge in the cold desert of the Trans-Himalaya, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh. He was looking hard for precious food while browsing on almost non-existent dry short grass for the lack of ...

Protective mother

Mainak Ray — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 04:36:44 +0300

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An angry leopardess protecting her cub from intruders in the ancient hills of Aravalli

Sher Khan

Mainak Ray — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:30:22 +0300

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Sher Khan from the land of the Jungle Book. A sub adult tiger in beautiful morning light

Oops Mr. Fox

Mainak Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:46:32 +0300

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Caught a melanistic Red fox in an awkward private moment in the frozen land of Kibber

Black over Red

Mainak Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:39:40 +0300

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at 14200 ft, in the snow clad mountains of kibber a black furred red fox fights with a regular one over the rights to mate with the only female around.

Jawai Leopard

Mainak Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:36:42 +0300

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From an unique place in the hills of Aravalli where Leopards and Humans co-exist peacefully since ancient times - Jawai

Gotcha!

Mainak Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:54:01 +0300

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an illusion where it seems as if the bull elephant with big tasks is going to catch the egret with his trunk!

The scared fawn

Mainak Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:41:45 +0300

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In Sundarbans, world's largest mangrove forest, danger is looming large everywhere for a fragile fawn. There's the notorious Bengal tiger on land while the sharp teeth salt water crocodiles are roaming inside water.

Old rush

Mainak Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:39:13 +0300

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A huge male Himalayan Ibex with large knotted recurved horns rushing down a snow clad mountain cliff

On the high point

Mainak Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:17:09 +0300

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a female sambar deer looking at me curiously in this beautiful evergreen Sal forests with its dwindling forest path in the background at Kanha National Park in Central India

Spots in Spots

Mainak Ray — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 12:10:02 +0300

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Spotted deer herd enjoying a welcome rain in the scorching summer of Indian forests

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Mainak Ray — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 10:35:33 +0300

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The Black Panther

Mainak Ray — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 06:40:14 +0300

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A "Black Panther" is not its own species—it refers to a leopard or a jaguar with a black coat due to melanin pigmentation. In this forest of Nagarhole there was only one black leopard among many regular ones and undoubtedly the special one was extremely shy, very difficult to be seen and photographed. To see a Black Panther climbing down, eyes pinn...

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Mainak Ray — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 06:37:51 +0300

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A good fire

Up, close and personal

Mainak Ray — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:16:52 +0300

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I was face to face with a bull elephant tusker with read ears. However big elephants are, normally they are very gentle and mind their own businesses unless you disturb them. It was indeed a pleasure to come up, close & personal to this gentle giant.

Combat Dance

Mainak Ray — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:06:55 +0300

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As these two snakes coil around each other in a seemingly affectionate tussle of mating, all is not as rosy as it seems. Actually, these are two male Rat Snakes who are in a combat for dominance, to prove who is the strongest and to establish mating rights over the females in the pack. While no mating is involved, the two snakes perform the 'dance’...

Fair play please, Gentlemen

Mainak Ray — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:52:06 +0300

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It was early morning and already two sub adult elephants were mock fighting, after a good amount of eating and playing with their herd in the river water. They were probably brothers from an extended family, both with tusks. And a Myna bird is standing as the referee with focused eyes to ensure that all rules are being followed in this friendly bou...

The long walk

Mainak Ray — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:52:05 +0300

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'The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep' - a beautiful tigress walking long in search of food and water.

The stalker

Mainak Ray — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:52:05 +0300

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It was monsoon at its peak - rains were heaviest, forest was greenest, undergrowth was thickest and the predators were stealthiest. In one particular late evening with minimal light and with my longest lens I was doing hide and seek with this pretty lady from the woods of Southern India. I totally loved the intensity of her stare, I felt she was wa...

Fair play please!

Mainak Ray — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:33:15 +0300

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I was early morning and already two sub adult elephants were mock fighting, after a good amount of eating and playing with their herd in the river water. They were probably brothers from an extended family, both with tusks. And a Myna bird is standing as the umpire with focused eyes to ensure that all rules are being followed in this friendly bout....

The jumping lover boy

Mainak Ray — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:33:14 +0300

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A Lesser Florican is jumping high in the air to attract the attention of females for making love. These slender birds, smallest of the bustard species found in India, are known for their courtship displays. They are an absolute delight to watch but are equally challenging to photograph. During their mating season, which starts with the onset of the...

The green lithe

Mainak Ray — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:05:09 +0300

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A green vine snake navigating the darkness in torrential rain

A tale of two eyes

Mainak Ray — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 15:29:53 +0300

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A tiger, who is a mother of 4 cubs, dragging her deer kill to the cubs in a very hot summer afternoon in the forests of central India