Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was struck by the shot of the other tourist using a cell phone. Visiting a park is not an inexpensive option yet you won't borrow/rent a more capable outfit? Reminds me of long ago people taking arena shots at the Olympics with disposable cameras using their built in flash. In any case it was a pleasant view of a tiger being a tiger. I also appreciate your handling of the guides to provide a more balanced view of the wildlife. On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 12:26?AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > *Wishing all members of LUG, PSM and MNS a happy, fruitful and productive > 2024.* > > Bandhavgarh is arguably the most tiger focused national park in India, the > guides and drivers generally have to be told, quite firmly, to stop for > other flora and fauna as well. > > So, between tigers here is a short interlude: > > Gaur: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-037-Edit.jpg.html > > Langur: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1049-Enhanced-NR.jpg.html > > Lesser Adjutant Stork: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1131-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1155-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html > > In the preceding mail, I had shared photographs of a female tigress called > Katiba. Not very long after we lost track of her, while we were still in > Khitauli zone, the alarm calls started ringing out again, and we saw a > handsome male tiger moving through the forest. Deducting that he was making > for a waterhole nearby, we went and took a pole position there. Sure > enough, shortly afterward, he broke cover and started loping down a slope > to the water: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-670-Edit.jpg.html > > Once there, he looked at the water for a few seconds: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-686-Edit.jpg.html > > Then he started drinking, and continued for a long time: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-836-Edit_001.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1282-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1314-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html > > As he finished, I took an environmental portrait: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-905-Edit.jpg.html > > He then spent a few minutes cooling off in the pond: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1471-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > After which he left the waterbody on the far side: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1613-Edit.jpg.html > > Lastly, he marked a tree, and then disappeared into the thicket: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1643-Edit.jpg.html > > Finally here are two random offerings to close out the trip. The first one > is a fellow tourist capturing memories of Katiba: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-511-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > Lastly, here is a seven shot panorama of a misty morning in Bandhavgarh. > These open grasslands were once villages and the cultivated lands that > surrounded them - these have been relocated outside the national park some > time ago, but not very successfully, as there is a lot of resentment still > simmering among these villagers about being robbed of their hereditary > lands: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-006-Enhanced-NR-EditCropped.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE. > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com