Thomas Vijayan (@thomasvijayan) is a nature and wildlife photographer from Bengaluru. Based in Canada, photography for him is about patience as much as passion. Thomas’s Instagram feed is full of all kinds of animals— often captured in minimalistic frames—and he seems to have a knack for catching them at their best. Tanzania, Alaska and many places around India—he’s been there. Check out some of his amazing photographs here.

Striped beauty of Kabini NikonMEA #nature #natgeo #bbctravel #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bigcats #cats #tiger #photooftheday #photography #nikonmea #AT2G #thomasvijayanphotography

A post shared by ThomasVijayan|Nikon Ambassador (@thomasvijayan) on Jun 14, 2017 at 10:49pm PDT

Born to Run Migration, Masai Mara NikonMEA #nature #natgeo #bbctravels #wildlifephotography #run #photooftheday #photography #wildlife #africa #nikonmea #smile #AT2G #thomasvijayanphotography

A post shared by ThomasVijayan|Nikon Ambassador (@thomasvijayan) on May 25, 2017 at 7:17am PDT

Count Down Masai Mara, Kenya NikonMEA #nature #natgeo #bbctravel #cats #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #photooftheday #smile #AT2G #thomasvijayanphotography

A post shared by ThomasVijayan|Nikon Ambassador (@thomasvijayan) on Nov 26, 2016 at 10:12pm PST

Happy Friendship Day NikonMEA #nature #natgeo #bbc #bbctravel #bbctravels #willdlife #wildlifephotography #nikonnofilter #nikonmea #smile #fun #AT2G #thomasvijayanphotography

A post shared by ThomasVijayan|Nikon Ambassador (@thomasvijayan) on Aug 6, 2016 at 10:30pm PDT

Monsoon-Magic Masai Mara, Kenya NikonMEA #nature #natgeo #natgeotravel #bbcwild #bbc #bigcats #cats #smile #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photooftoday #photography #nikon #AT2G #thomasvijayanphotography

A post shared by ThomasVijayan|Nikon Ambassador (@thomasvijayan) on Jun 17, 2016 at 6:08pm PDT