The sambar is one of the larger animals of the deer family. Now this guy is native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and parts of Southern China.
I found this big guy by surprise as I was moving out of the Raja National Park, Haridwar area, in the evening.
(The park is located in Uttrakhand, India, where it covers a large part of the state.)
Now as I was saying, this one caught me by surprise. Just as I was about to leave the woods, this guy came out of nowhere and just stood so calmly and majestically in front of me that I had to take a photo, no matter how bloody tired I was.
I was lucky enough to have a low aperture lens on me at that time as it was around 5 and the sun was almost down.
It was one great experience. I'll upload some more photos soon.
