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Last straws
Last straws
Kabini, Karnataka, 3 June 2009
Camera :  NIKON D200
Shutter-speed :   1/400 sec
Aperture :   f 4
Exposure Mode :   Aperature Priority
ISO :   250
Exposure Compensation :   -0.7 EV
Flash :   No Flash
Focal Length :   400 mm
Summer is a tough time for the elephants and many hundreds congregrate at the Kabini backwaters every year as the receeding water gives way to fresh grass for them. This however runs out very fast and they sometimes have to work really hard to get to the last of the grasses.