Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand, I?m still impressed when I have opened the first image of the first set, absolutely a great one and very, very impressive. All the set is superb, great work! Cheers LLuis > El 30 mar? 2019, a les 4:31, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> va escriure: > > 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