Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful as always, but the mother and child gaur image is truly exceptional. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 5 Apr 2024, at 18:28, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > I went to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, another of the tiger-centric > Central Indian national parks for a quick three day trip in the third week > of March. It was a reasonably good trip for photography, and here are some > of the photographs that I took which I liked. > > The first shot is just a record shot of a special sighting, a first for me, > a black panther, early in the morning as we entered the park. The minute he > heard our vehicle, it disappeared into the forest, just giving me enough > time to fire a few frames as a record. It was really far away in very dim > light - this is a 20% crop of the full frame: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-2096-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > The next set is of a tigress named Veera - she has two cubs, but they did > not come out to the water. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-562-Edit.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240328-2281-Edit.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-984-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1094-Edit.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1205-Edit.jpg.html > > Next as an interlude between tiger photographs, here are some other > creatures: > > Jungle Cat: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1205-Edit.jpg.html > > Black Ibis: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-1500-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > Crested Serpent Eagle: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240328-1321-Edit.jpg.html > > Next are two studies of a Gaur Bull, the biggest members of the family > Bovidae, the wild cattle - the males can tip the scales at 1.5 tonnes (1500 > kg). I personally find them quite awe inspiring, and never neglect to > photograph them whenever possible: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-2209-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit2.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-477-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > The last gaur photo is of a tender moment shared between a female and her > calf: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240327-102-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > The next series is a tigress called Nayantara, and her brother, Shiva (in > the water), fully grown young adults on the verge of splitting up and going > their own way: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-1188-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-2297-Edit.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-286-Edit.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-1194-Edit.jpg.html > > Lastly, an appropriate sign off for a photo set on the Central Indian > jungles would be a photograph of the ever present Hanuman Langur, here with > a very young child in her hands: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240329-323-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE, I have posted it accordingly. > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information