Two of My photos won Lonely Planet Best Travel Photo Contest
Today turned out to be very special day for me. Some of you would remember my posts on my visit to Tal Chapar wildlife Sanctuary. I submitted some of those pictures in Lonely Planet Best Travel Photo Contest. I was casually browsing through their website and saw a post mentioning the prize winners for the contest. While yours truly’s name was not in the top three winners, I did saw my name in the consolation prize winner list. After exchanging emails with Bodhisattva Sen Roy, Digital Editor & Community Manager for the magazine I got confirmation email him that indeed I am the winner of two consolation prizes. So friends, here are two of my winning pictures from the Lonely planet travel photo contest. I would like to specially thank Shreeram MV of Darter who led the tour to Tal Chapar I was part of. Also many thanks to Lonely Planet India Magazine and Bodhisattva Sen Roy for promptly confirming that I am indeed one of the winners.
Black Buck Returning Home in Sunset
This first pictures above shows Black Bucks returning to their resting place in the evening around sunset. There were hundreds of Black Bucks and Chinkara deers, who all return to their favorite spot in the evening to rest. A lot of dust was flowing in the air due to the running of black bucks, that combined with the diminishing light gave this beautiful orange tint to the picture.
An Eagle Takes Off To Capture Prey
The second picture again of sunset has an eagle taking off from a dried tree to catch prey one last time before it gets dark. We were trying to identify the predator but it was too dark to do so, and with the sun directly in front of my lens I got this silhouette effect, that I really liked and am glad that the judges of the contest also liked the same 🙂
To see the stunning pictures from top three winners( Srinivasa Prasath, Anilrisal Singh and Avaneesh Rawat) of the Lonely Planet Travel photography contest please click here.
To see the list of consolation prize winners including yours truly please click here.
As both the pics have sky as a key element in them I am also linking them with Sky Watch Friday. OK let me stop here as the post is becoming longer than an Oscar speech, but you see it is not me it is the 9-year-old kid who first clicked from a black and white film roll in a manual Agfa camera , sneaked from his uncle’s drawer.
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Awesome ……. They are super Cool
Wow… Absolutely amazing shots… they filled brightness in my room, the way they shone in yellow….
Congratulations for the win ….
Thanks a lot Manjulika.
That’s great news. Congratulations, Desi Traveler.
Those really are superb shots.
Thanks a lot Divya…
Congrats! Wonderful shots … a treat to the eyes… keep up the good work
Thanks Moon.
This is huge! Congratulations.
Thanks Purba..
Wow! Wow! Wow! Congratulations! Very beautiful, may you have many more of these 🙂
Hi Arti.. thanks a lot…
Lovely pictures. Can’t say which one is better of the two, well deserved I will say 🙂
Thanks a lot Dheeraj…
oh wow! That’s quite an honour! Congratulations! The clicks are lovely too! Sunset’s my favourite time of day. 🙂
Thanks Sanjana…. Sunsets are perfect for bird watching… u take care..
feast for the eyes ! amazing ….
Thanks Aziz….
Awesome pics! Congrats!
thanks a lot Shaivi…
Congratulations.
The second photo is the ultimate.
Thanks a lot Rajesh….
Congratulations! . Hyderabad Bloggers are proud 🙂
Thanks Pattu Mam, I am proud to be Hyderabadi blogger 🙂
Wow, and congratulations! Love the eagle snap! Did you use a special lens to capture the vivid colors?
Hi Chaitanya… It is done by 55-300 mm Zoom lens from Nikon, F/7.1, at 1/8000 sec, ISO-220, the shot was taken just before Sunset against Sun, leading to the Silhouette effect, further enhanced in Lightoom 4… Thanks a lot
Wow this are really good shots.Deserved it .Congo sir 🙂
Thanks lot Sampath…
Wonderful shots indeed. Particularly liked the eagle one.
Thanks a lot dear all really appreciate it….
Excellent clicks! Congratulations.
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many congos!!!
Wow.. meserizing!
Hearty congrats, Prasad 🙂
Congratulations on getting featured!!!
Thanks a lot Kamakshi…
congrats…
beautiful shots….
Thanks Krishna….
That second one is a really nice shot! Very dramatic silhouette effect!!!
Thanks a lot TheChieftess… Appreciate it
Very beautiful photos , awesome.
Thanks Kumar Suhas….
Respect. Brilliant pics. Congratulations on the win too.
Thanks a lot Subhorup….
congratulations Prasad 🙂
Hi Srini… Welcome to Desi Traveler and thanks a lot…. 🙂
Hearty congratulations!!
Thanks Deepak….
Congratulations! These shots are breath-taking!
Thanks a lot ladyfi….
Spectacularshots! Congratulations!!!!!
Thanks a lot Peter. 🙂