[Leica] Kanha National Park

[Jim Nichols]

Jayanand,

I must say that your gear served you well!  The details in Neelam and 
Eye Contact speak for themselves.

Thanks for sharing these.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/1/2016 10:23 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> I was at Kanha National Park in Central India for a week in April. We had
> funny weather - 15C in the mornings, rising to 41C by the afternoon. It was
> my first wildlife outing in two years, and to say I enjoyed it would be an
> understatement. Kanha was the first park where "Project Tiger" was launched
> in the 1970s, and continues to be one of the prime gems among India's
> wildlife reserves. It consists of evergreen Sal trees, a hardwood which
> grows straight and tall (so you always have the feeling that  you are
> driving through a cathedral), punctuated by huge open grasslands, where
> villages once stood, till they were relocated outside the park.
>
> As an experiment towards carrying lighter gear for wildlife trips, I used
> the latest iteration of the Nikon 300mm f4 paired with the appropriate 1.4x
> teleconverter, making a 420mm f5.6 lens, on the Nikon D4, during this trip.
> I was very satisfied with the combo, being light and fast, and easily
> handheld. With the D4, of course, I could shoot at higher ISOs, to
> compensate for perpetually being at 1/1200 @ f8, without sacrificing any
> quality. These photographs below have all been taken with that combination:
>
> Bade Ma (Big Mother):
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha2016-1761.jpg.html
>
> Bade Ma with 3 month old Cub:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha2016-1906.jpg.html
>
> Licking Her Chops:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha+2016-1912.jpg.html
>
> Neelam:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha+2016-2454.jpg.html
>
> Madonna of the Forest:
>
> - In Colour:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha+2016-1329.jpg.html
>
> - In B&W:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha+2016-1328c.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE.
>
> Comments and criticism, as always, very welcome!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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