Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a magnificent animal. My favourites are the first, relaxing one, and "eye contact". Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Apr 8, 2010, at 5:06 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > The second installment from Bandhavgarh focuses on one of the dominant > males > of the tourist area called Kalua (Blackface). He got his name because he > had > more black face markings than the rest of his litter. These are basically > from two encounters that we had with him. > > The first time, he was relaxed when we came across him early one morning: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0610.jpg.html > > In Bandhavgarh (as in Kanha or Pench), it is possible to hire an elephant, > and track tigers inside the forest. You get very close to animals, as they > do not get spooked by an elephant - the only downsides being the top down > angle for photography, the discomfort of sitting on elephant back for long > periods and the expense! Most professional photographers, however, choose > this method, and I have made up my mind to try this for a day when I am > next > in Bandhavgarh. An elephant arrived, and Kalua was forced to move: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100321_0614.jpg.html > > The elephant continued to follow him, till he disappeared over a steep > slope > to the right of the photograph, where the elephant could not follow: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100321_0619.jpg.html > > > > The second time was when we caught him in perfect light going on a > walkabout > on the slope of a hill opposite where we were parked: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0472.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0476.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0492.jpg.html > > There were two elephants with photographers on his tail at this point, a > scene which Howard caught very well: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Final+Tigers/2Els_TigW.jpg.html > > He then decided to rest for a while: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0535a.jpg.html > > He then got up, gave the massed tourists on the opposite slope a pitying > look and disappeared up the slope of the hill: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0590.jpg.html > > > Comments and criticism, as always, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >