Lasitha Liyana Patabendi, The Playful Ones (ANIMAL 2023)

When I go on wildlife photography tours I keep low expectations but I always look for opportunity to capture behaviour in a creative way. On this particular day it was raining heavily with thundering and it was not possible to find leopards as they don’t like water. However, Deers love to play with water and I noticed this beautiful behaviour and finally was able to capture this playful deer actions in rain. Location- Wilpattu National Park/Sri Lanka Gear Canon EOS R5, Conon RF 600mm f4 IS

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