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Subject: [Leica] Ranthambhore
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 08:16:27 +0530
References: <CAH1UNJ19-0H1E678DcnjOE0qH8TisrJD4yBSKJmfnc84ZjgA6Q@mail.gmail.com> <5e70ef20-ce92-810e-b830-420328edcc8e@iol.ie> <CAH1UNJ14xc6bDs5HSypfvp1y2HveFMWZeRyKTjN2p-PtgLV49A@mail.gmail.com> <56E0B032-C1C9-459D-A28E-DA3D3A2B9C15@gmail.com>

Howard and Esther are fine, and in Vancouver. We had gone there, together
with the Firkins and the Thomases (non LUG) in July/August this year and
spent a couple of weeks with them.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:15 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Howard and Esther, hope they are doing well - long time no news
>
> Thanks for the explanation and the memory refresher :-)
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
> > Le 8 nov. 2017 ? 18:43, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> a
> ?crit :
> >
> > Douglas,
> > Thanks for looking. That cub must be 16-17 months old - they can leave
> > their mother any time after they are 20 months old, so they are really
> > juveniles, I suppose. In fact we actually travel only on an open jeep,
> with
> > no sides and roof, like these:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/parks/
> Ranthambhore_20120406_1296.jpg.html
> >
> > As I keep saying, big cats are far more trustworthy and dependable in
> their
> > behaviour patterns than humans, so we should really be careful only when
> we
> > are in the urban jungle!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> >
> >> Some really great shots, Jayanand. I like all of them, but really do
> like
> >> the shot of the cub (that's a bloody big cub!) in the waterhole. You
> really
> >> do get close and personally I don't how you do it without an armoured
> car!
> >> The cormorant and frog shot is a great moment too.
> >> Douglas
> >>
> >>
> >> On 07/11/2017 07:38, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have just come back from Ranthambhore, visiting after a period of
> over 4
> >>> years. Many of the tigers and tigresses of the tourist zone have given
> way
> >>> to their children, and I was looking forward to seeing the new crop,
> many
> >>> of whom I had photographed as cubs. The park has also started a full
> day
> >>> pass system, which entitles you to stay inside from dawn to dusk, but
> more
> >>> importantly, it is also zone free, meaning that a holder can wander
> >>> anywhere in the tourist zone, effectively weaning the holder from the
> >>> vagaries and pressures of both time and geography!
> >>>
> >>> They have had an awful monsoon this year, and the Dhonk Forest is
> already
> >>> drying out appreciably, and the lakes are only half full. Next
> March-April
> >>> should be a great time to go there for photography!
> >>>
> >>> I start with a photograph I like a lot, of one of Noor's (T39) current
> >>> crop
> >>> of three female 16 yo cubs enjoying the water after an invigorating
> meal
> >>> of
> >>> Sambhar deer.
> >>>
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171103-1890.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Next are a few photographs of Arrowhead, the current "Queen of the
> Lakes",
> >>> the dominant female of a large part of the Tourist Zone, collated over
> two
> >>> separate sightings on the same day:
> >>>
> >>> Arrowhead:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-1043.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Waking Up:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-134.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Strider:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-201.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Monarch:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-736.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Eye Contact 1:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-789.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Eye Contact 2:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-1021.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Environmental Portrait:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-1098.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> This row of Hanuman Langurs caught my eye as I was leaving the park:
> >>>
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-1121.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Lastly, a few birds:
> >>>
> >>> Juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-019.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Indian Cormorant, with lunch:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-045.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Black-winged Stilt:
> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/
> >>> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171103-2234.jpg.html
> >>>
> >>> Please see LARGE
> >>>
> >>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Jayanand
> >>>
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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Ranthambhore)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] Ranthambhore)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Ranthambhore)
Message from photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe) ([Leica] Ranthambhore)