The Curious King
My first day with the king went quite well. I sat in clear view in front of the pair all day (9 hours straight) with my cameras. The female was mostly in the borrow and the male spent 9 hours of the day staring at me.
He tried to mate with the female in the middle and they were in this head-over-head position for quite sometime, till the female got bored and went back to the den.
The king cobra seems to have a thing for watching things around him. He kept his eye on us most of the day and once in a while he would check on the female. We even found him getting distracted by some birds which were flying more than 100m away (a new scientific record of sorts).
Another long day coming up tomorrow and I’ll mostly post again after 2 -3 days. This is going to be one exciting weekend.
really close
that is really a close shot..!! all the best for the weekend..
yuhuuuuu – bow to the KING !
awesome dude — the experience looks scary and also the looks of the king.
will be waiting to see the queen
where ?
Where in the western ghats are you ?
Nice to see that you are updating your blog more often these days 🙂
Ah, I should have guessed from your earlier post. Good luck!
Dude, come back alive.
Whoa! He looks mad and aggressive!
and I agree
get home alive!
Cool!
Wow!
whoa!
Damn lucky that guy is! I mean the King.
Not only does he get live photocasted out to the world, he also gets full time audience for his antics.
What would our celebrities give to get that 🙂
Lovely picture of the curious King…
Did you hear about the what the female snake did to the male?… Nag, nag, nag…. ;-))
Please post whatever images you can…glad you have connectivity!
What kind of lighting are you using there?
-N
Beautiful pic! Try and post more pics of snakes if you can with out risking yourself 🙂
Mamta
Kalyan, I remember talking to you about austin stevens and in that conversation I had asked you whether you have had any encounters with the KING. Never expect that you will, so soon!! Way to go!! Waiting for your pics!!
Take Care
-Pramod.
Can’t withstand my curiosity are you in Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary / Romulus Whitaker’s research centre in Agumbe?
-Pramod
am just outside therthahalli town
all in natural light
Re: where ?
at therthahalli town near agumbe
Re: where ?
Close to Narasimha Parvatha, by any chance? Spent a night atop the hill a few years ago.
Re: where ?
Dude… thats next to my native place.
I should go exploring there sometime.
Hello people
Peace people
We love you
Hi
Please post more photographs of this species
Nights !!
The King is known to have good eyesight and are intelligent as well. Do you spend nights at the camp !!
Be bold & get going , that’s adventures of life. The King will get used to Kalyan and vice versa.
V!nod
Neat pics. All the best 😀
Agumbe rocks!!!!
Hey Kaylan,
Good to hear that you were in the king’s court. It must have been an humbling experience. Especially when he looks at you with those enchanted eyes of his.
Waiting for some more pics.
I did go to BR hills last weekend and I visited VGKK ( Thanks for the tip.) It was an awesome experience and lo and behold,I’m going back there next week to take part in the Elephant census.
take care and happy shooting.
Vijay Rao.
Re: where ?
that’s a real wild place. I have been there last October. it was awesome
Re: Agumbe rocks!!!!
any idea how we can become part of the Elephant census? please let me know. 🙂
Fundooo dude… You rock… Your pictures always are on of my wall paper… Keep the great work going…
Hey Kalyan!
Hi Kalyan!
This is Ramesh from Vikakha Valley.. hope you remember. I have been a silent visitor to u’r blog for quite some time now, and must say that u’r work is very commendable! Grt job, man! I share this interest in photography, but have nevr ventured beyond amateur shoots. Have downloaded some of u’r landscape shots and have set ’em as my desktop wallpapers, too!
This thing with the King Cobra is a swell thing, man! I found an earlier post on u’r blog about u filming an all-digital docu for BBC – when will it be aired (or has it already been)?
BTW, a friend of mine is is keen on nature tourism. He’s an officer in the Indian Navy posted in Cochin, and quite a man of nature. I suggested him 2 look at your post on openings for naturalists. He might reach out to you. I’m waiting for an update on u’r Cobra project. Gud Luck!
Very interesting Blog
I came upon your blog while searching for valparai on a lazy saturday morning . Nice wildlife photos.
Indian wildlife is hardly ever documented and rarely filmed . Your camera and blog is giving such interesting account on Indian wildlife
I live in portland , oregon full of beautiful landscape and scenaries.
Visit portland if you get a chance :). It will be treat to your camera.
awesome
awesome stuff man. u got an enviable job…
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wow this is neat.
goood luck dude 🙂
r/stan
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Re: Very interesting Blog
heh I should.. with the amount of open source conferences there.. I might make a trip sometime.
nice shot.