Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah! That is my pal Luis, the man with a way with the senoritas! If I try what you do, I will end up in hospital! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Jayanand, > > OK I have and I take the risk... but the tigers don't smile like these > se?oritas ... > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/L1031420.jpg.html> > > BTW for Nathan, the blonde se?orita is from Alicante > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 08/05/2013, a las 04:20, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >