Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/08

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Subject: [Leica] Tigress T39
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 13:57:09 -0400
References: <CAH1UNJ2XyRK_DaznV4pxNLr2o-eWvwEEZy0o5ESY352amTmOPA@mail.gmail.com>

wow

ric


On May 8, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Some photographs of a tigress called T39 or Noor. She has a very
> frisky 14 month old male cub called Sultan, but we could not figure
> out where he was hiding, despite fairly extensive searching. We also
> tried tracking him down on a few other drives into this area but came
> up short - his pug marks were all over the place, but no cub. Anyway,
> here are just a few studies of T39, the mother. We were the first
> vehicle to find her, so we had the prime position about 10-15 feet
> away initially, and had also turned the vehicle to face the direction
> in which she was likely to move, so we were again pretty well
> positioned when she did move, by which time there were a dozen
> vehicles, at least, around. A total feather in the cap for the guide,
> Ashlesh and the driver, Mohan, and it just underlines the importance
> of having people who understand animal behaviour inside out with you
> on safari:
> 
> Close Up: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2013/Ranthambhore_20130417_0264.jpg.html
> 
> Movement: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2013/Ranthambhore_20130417_0540.jpg.html
> 
> Coming Out Of The Grass:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2013/Ranthambhore_20130417_0540.jpg.html
> 
> Peer Upwards: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2013/Ranthambhore_20130417_0572.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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