-Neeraj Gade Photography
Precious and most memorable sighting!
Flew all the way through Pune to Nagpur, no sleep, just 2 safaris and got to see this beauty. If you wanna know more about how I planned this, feel free to DM.
Thanks a ton @deepkathikar, without you I wouldn't have dared to take this chance!
And I am ALWAYS thankful to my support system, my wife @nehasaraf_gade, to let me follow my passion ALWAYS. At a point I lost total hopes after dry morning safari and heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Fortunately the rain stopped but it was still overcast (bad for photography). Finding a ghost in the dark was another challenge. We went to the usual place where this beast was seen most of the time.
Within few minutes I saw some movements in the bushes and could hold my excitement as I saw THREE leopards moving! Led by Blacky, her sibling followed with their mother.
Climbed up on the rocks, came down, they were playful. But each and every tourist was only focused to see blacky and all the vehicles rushed to the spot. Can't blame anyone because the moment was so beautiful that everyone wanted to witness it and some couldn't spot them as they were deep inside surrounded by dense vegetation, so a lot of people couldn't control their voice. Due to the disturbance, they all went away.
We decided to leave the spot and take a chance where we thought they might come out from @deepkathikar with his excellent tracking skills and our trust on his instincts proved much fruitful as out of all the crowd, blacky along with her sibling decided to cross the road right besides our vehicle. I missed a lot of shots because I couldn't decide whether I should really take pictures or just see the nazara and save that in my memory forever.
This will be etched in my memories forever! Stay tuned for more pictures...
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