Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Jayanand! The photographs are superb; I like especially the portrait and closer full-body views, some you mentioned taken with the 100mm R (Apo Macro I presume)? I know you gain 1.5X from the crop factor in the Nikon D300. But to me this is still 'close quarters' for these animals, who seem so relaxed. I was just wondering if you were in a blind for these latest photos, and if so are they set up for observation and photography by the park service? I wish more were set up I'm the US in certain 'hot spots'! If one wished to go out on 'expedition' and photograph Tigers outside the park, in the dense India forests, what would it take? Where are there enough remaining? How many are thought left? I assume Tiger numbers are few and most likely headed in the wrong direction (as with Polar Bears, African and Asian Elephants, etc., as well as countless local animals in each of our areas). Just one reason why these animals must be photographed and brought to the public forefront. I remember in school, a long while ago now, charged with the care of a newborn Asian Tiger of roughly 9 -12 lbs., bottle feeding this purring blue-eyed kitten. Now somewhere it is a 600 or so lb. animal that is gorgeous in different ways! Thanks! Ed Caliguri --------------------------