Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Thanks for looking. You are in far more danger with your 35mm lenses - I was using an effective focal length of 550mm! A handbag to your head is far more likely to a claw to mine! (-: Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jayanand, > > I'm really fascinated with this story and these impressive pictures, > really great work ... but as I always says I prefer keep shooting > se?oritas in La Rambla even if sometime could be more dangerous > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 05/05/2013, a las 15:26, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > >> Just a tiger story as it played out in Ranthambhore last month. A lot >> of the shots were taken at long distance, through trees, grass, twigs >> and leaves and then cropped - and the first one has been included for >> the story's sake. The lighting for the morning shots was also quite >> difficult - shooting into the sun, with a water body reflecting >> everything. Anyway, here goes, hope you enjoy the tale: >> >> Our first sighting was the female T22, the mother of T24: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0719-Edit.jpg.html >> >> Our next sighting, after a few minutes, was the male T24, the dominant >> male of the southern end of Ranthambhore, dragging a half eaten >> carcass through the trees, periodically stopping to eat a morsel: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0762.jpg.html >> >> When he reached a clearing, it was apparent that the carcass was that >> of a young Nilgai, a large antelope. It was also getting apparent that >> T24 had stolen the kill from his mother T22, and they were not >> together for mating (tigers in Ranthambhore are notoriously >> incestuous): >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0799.jpg.html >> >> It was clear that he was making for Phoota Kot, a water body close by: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0848.jpg.html >> >> He dragged the carcass into the water, and entered with quite a splash: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0857.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0864.jpg.html >> >> He gave us a snarl or two as a general warning: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0878.jpg.html >> >> He then stashed his scavenged kill in the water. Tigers do this both >> to slow down the decomposition of the meat, and to easier defend it >> against other tigers.: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0887.jpg.html >> >> After this, his mother also came to the water, probably to try and see >> if she could get something out of her son - no such luck - his ears >> pinned back, hair bristling, growling, he saw her off in no time. >> Unfortunately this encounter was half hidden from our position, and I >> got no shots of it. >> >> We came back in the afternoon, and he was there, cooling off and >> guarding the carcass. The ears and the body of the nilgai is visible, >> floating in the water, at the top right: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_1090.jpg.html >> >> A last shot - the wind acted up, and a thunderstorm was imminent, and >> he obviously smelt something!: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_1143.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information