Shooting elephant photos is always a tough task, and specially a black one, as the metering goes haywire with the camera trying to overcompensate for the black surface. Keeping a safe distance from the elephant busy in squirting water from his trunk, I took some photos. Having collected the equipment, on my way back to Cochin, I stopped at a lovely flowing stream where a Mahout clad in earthy Geru colors was busy bathing his tall black elephant. I was there to pick up a Nikon camera and some lenses from him. In Kerala, sometimes communication can be a problem if you do not know the local language.Īfter trying out various other forms of communication we manged to reach a level of understanding. Not for birds, but to meet a gentleman, a famous Bird Guide, who thought I had come for a birding tour and we happily started a tour. I made a quick visit to Thattekad one day. It is one of those places where fortunately the tourists do not throng in large numbers. Thattekad is a hotspot in the Western Ghats for birding.
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