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A common garden lizard giving me a wary eye -near our bungalow at Panikkavillu, Wilpattu National Park. I found this critter in the underbrush when I did a quick recce around the bungalow with the macro lens for a change. It was harsh light so the shadows of the trees provided a decent OOF background.

Notes: Black and White conversion, curves adjustment. Noise reduction and USM sharpening.

450D | EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
ISO800 100mm f/8.0 1/200sec

A pair of great stone plovers. Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka. View Large

A reasonably common sight in the park, these guys do a cute bob of the head and dip of the tail that you can't quite capture in a photograph!

Notes: Curves and white balance adjusted. USM Sharpening and 8x10 crop (vertical only).

450D | EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
ISO200 400mm f/5.6 1/400sec

Sunrise at Panikkavillu. Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka. View Large

The villu (water body/small lake) at dawn was extremely still with the exception of the croaking frogs and insects of the night but soon after sunrise, life emerged out of the surrounding jungle. A lone elephant approached the villu from the sandy embankment on the further shore and began its morning feed and the usual water birds returned to their usual spots in and around the plain. As my father put it; life goes on around these villus unchanged as we toil away at our respective urban routines.

Notes: Curves adjsustment and mild crop. USM sharpening. Painted in some positive exposure on the tree-line to lift the shadows.

450D | EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM | 3-Stop Reverse GND
ISO100 10mm f/7.1 25sec

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A juvenile stag and doe watch us intently in Wilpattu National Park. Like most sightings of spotted deer in the park this was in the vicinity of a villu (one of a series of small-medium sized shallow water-bodies) where we frequently saw them grazing, fighting and just hanging out in general.

Notes: Curves adjustment and 4x5 crop. USM sharpening.

450D | EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
ISO400 400mm f/5.6 1/1250sec

When a sheet of cold water runs up the shore towards your feet and rushes around your ankles leaving you momentarily suspended on a mini island of sand under your right under you soles. At the beach of Maalu Maalu resort, Pasikudah, Sri Lanka.

Notes: Black and White conversion, curves adjustment. Dodged and burned the waves to emphaize detail. Added vignette for effect.

450D | EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
ISO100 10mm f/8.0 1/125sec