[Leica] Ranthambhore

[Jim Nichols]

Wonderful images, Jayanand.  Thanks for taking me to places I shall 
never visit personally.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/7/2017 1:38 AM, 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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