[Leica] Nagarhole National Park

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Len,Jeff,Ric,George,Hoppy,Luis and Tina,
Thank you all for looking and commenting.I find the Nikkor 80-400 VR a very
good lens for non pros like me, and on digital it gives a great reach. The
VR (Vibration Reduction) also helps in darkish forests, and from boats.
Tina, this is the best place to stay - very well run and very reasonable:

http://www.junglelodges.com/resort_overview.asp?resort=Kabini

I can make all arrangements if anyone is interested, anytime.

Cheers
Jayanand


On 4/7/07, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Jayanand,
>
> A fantastic collection of animal and bird photos. The elephants are
> magnificent. The langur are a striking species as well. But what
> really impressed me were your wonderfully sharp bird photos.
> Certainly birds I have never seen. I noticed one shot was at 400mm
> and 1/40 sec. Impressive.
>
> I'm sure you had quite a good time.
> Very well done.
> Len
>
>
> On Apr 7, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
> > I spent a weekend in end March at Nagarhole National Park in
> > Karnataka,
> > India. This park is one of the jewels of India's conservation
> > effort, and
> > has one of the highest densities of predators - tigers, leopards,
> > wild dog
> > and sloth bears in the country, as well as their prey species of
> > deer, wild
> > boar etc. The predators are very difficult to sight because of thick,
> > tropical forests. It is, however, prime viewing habitat for wild
> > elephants
> > and gaur (the largest bovines in the world), of which there is no
> > dearth in
> > the park - it supports an estimated 2000 elephants and 3000 gaur.
> > This time
> > around, I photographed mainly elephant, and surprisingly the langur, a
> > monkey, as well as a few deer and birds. As you can see, it is a well
> > managed park, with quite a few handsome tuskers - these are the
> > poacher's
> > primary target for the ivory - so the preponderance of tuskers
> > suggests a
> > well policed area.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand_001/Nagrhole/
> >
> > Criticism, comments etc, as usual are welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Jayanand
> >
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