Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hi Howard, > > Great shots! Thanks for sharing. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:44 AM > Subject: [Leica] Tigers at last > > >> Hi Luggers, >> In the fourth morning, riding in Jayanand's jeep, I did not see any >> tigers. Bummer. I was beginning to despair! >> Then early in the hot afternoon as we circled the waterhole in zone 3 >> - the driver shouted "Tiger Tiger!!" and >> floored the accelerator - "Hang on!". We were the only jeep on the >> road and we peeled >> around the corner to the edge of the waterhole and slid to a stop in >> front of Tiger - 17, Patti Vale, >> "the collared one". The next hour was magic - the tiger walked - >> ignoring us - and we drove ahead of her - >> taking one series of pictures after another. Only after she walked >> away from the waterhole, through the grass and >> across a field did two other jeeps and two canters join us. My first >> tiger sighting was a special moment - like >> seeing Orca whales swimming close and free for the first time. It is a >> moment I will never forget, >> and the intimacy of it being just us and T 17 made it even more special. >> >> Here are the first photos in their own folder. None are cropped. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Tigers/T17-1.jpg.html >> >> Please enjoy, C&C always welcome. >> >> Cheers >> >> Howard >> >> PS: There will be a hiatus in the Tiger story for the next two days >> while I go off to the Hong Kong Rugby 7's >> truly one of the world's greatest sporting events. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > Is this a tiger trying to be invisibe? RanthamBhore Tigers ? T-17-Stalk? M-19 [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner