[Leica] Ranthambhore

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Philippe, Jim
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:46 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> 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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