Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Corbett was a trailblazer, he gave up the gun for conservation and a camera, and the people of Kumaon (where he lived) worshiped him as a saint, and in India he has acquired legendary status. India's premier tiger reserve and national park is named after him, actually around the area where he lived, Corbett National Park. I think he must have been a remarkable man, no two ways about it. IMHO his best book is not one of his describing his man eater slaying exploits, though even those have a lot of atmospheric descriptions of the Indian jungles, but one called simply "Jungle Lore". Sadly very few of the areas where he hunted his man eaters survive as forest today. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc at cox.net> wrote: > > On Jun 23, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > For those who are interested, and don't mind the overkill, I have put up >> some more images from my trip to Ranthambhore in May, all of tigers - >> mostly >> taken around water - the temperature was hovering around 45C, and we had >> to >> take extra care in shielding ourselves from the sun in a open-top jeep, or >> else sunstroke was a real possibility! >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/?g2_page=6 >> > > > > wonderful images Jayanand... > > > as a kid I read Man Eaters of Kumaon, by Corbett... > > > as a person who knows the animals, the lore and the truth, what is your > take on this book? > > > Steve > > > >> Comments and criticism, as always welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >