Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim,Philippe,Ric,Tina, Thanks for looking. The technique for getting close is to have a great guide who understands the animals. They do not really feel threatened by vehicles, so they stay calm. If you are foolish enough to step down, then all bets are off! I was in a open jeep - no sides and top, and quite vulnerable if the tigers felt like swiping you - but I have never felt threatened by these cats, as Howard Cummer will also testify. Only wild elephants close up really frighten me, they are most unpredictable. More photos to follow! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > What beautiful animals! You got really close. I hope you were in a > vehicle! > > Tina > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:03 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Here we go again! I just returned from my yearly pilgrimage to > > Ranthambhore. > > Let me start with some photographs of (you guessed it) tigers - a young > > mating pair, as far as I could deduce, the first time for both! I spent > the > > first four days of a week long trip tracking them to see if I could get > > actual mating shots, but it was not to be. I only saw them twice, and > both > > times they were resting. The first shot of the pair really shows the > > relative difference in size between the sexes, which is considerable: > > > > The pair, T24(male) and T39(female): > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2011/Ranthambhore_20110305_1099-Edit.jpg.html > > > > The male (T24): > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2011/Ranthambhore_20110305_1079-Edit.jpg.html > > > > The male (T24) - see the size of his paws: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2011/Ranthambhore_20110305_1130-Edit.jpg.html > > > > The female (T39): > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2011/Ranthambhore_20110305_1113-Edit.jpg.html > > > > C&C, as always, welcome. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >