Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Outstanding stuff, Jayanand. They look both magnificent and absolutely terrifying, and, of course, have to be seen at the large size to do justice to them, Strikes me that perhaps Rantambhore is possibly not the safest place to go for a relaxed evening's stroll.... :-) Douglas On 30/03/2019 03:31, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > I had a very satisfying trip to three wildlife sanctuaries in roughly the > same overall area in India, but with wildly different characteristics and > wildlife: > > National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, on the cleanest river in > India, at the confluence of three big states (MP, Rajasthan and UP), set up > as the last surviving stronghold for this Critically Endangered fish eating > Crocodilian, is also home to Mugger Crocodiles, various river birds and > small mammals. > > Keoladeo Ghana National Park at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, one of the greatest > bird sanctuaries in the world, and a World Heritage Site. > > Ranthambhore National Park, on the outskirts of Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan - > one of the strongholds of the Bengal Tiger which marks the westernmost > point of the tiger's worldwide range, and the best Indian park that I know > to see and photograph them. > > I am starting with a page of studies of young males at Ranthambhore, part > of a new generation of tigers that are taking over the park. All of them > are around 3 years old, are semi independent from their mothers, and will > become fully independent this monsoon. > > The first series of studies is of the moods of a gorgeous hunk called Jai, > son of T8, Ladali - we saw him on two occasions. He was very skittish the > first time, and very calm and tolerant the second time around! He must be > one of the most handsome, and biggest, males I have seen at that age. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190316-1708.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190316-1673.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190316-1638.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3209-Edit.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3238.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3230.jpg.html > > The second set is of T111 and T112, sons of T19, Krishna, in and around the > Adhidagar Waterhole > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190317-1867.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190317-209.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190317-131.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190317-185.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190318-581.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190318-640.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 > >