[Leica] Arrowhead

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Philippe,
Thanks for looking.

Ranthambhore is quite hilly, so there are plenty of ups and downs. When we
are ahead of a tiger on walkabout, we seek out the lower portions of the
track where we can simulate the low level shots. I had the best driver
there, Himmat Singh with me, as I always do, so he does the positioning
automatically without my having to worry about it, as he is sure of what I
want by now, both in terms of position and light. He is usually the driver
for every film crew that comes there, as well as a bunch or pro
photographers, so he is very experienced. The most important skill is to
get in front of the tiger, so we photograph the face, not the backside!
Remember, too, that most tourists are ecstatic at just seeing a tiger on
the prowl, so they are not really bothered about whether they are ahead or
behind the animal!

In the shot you highlighted, there were 10 jeeps behind Arrowhead, and to
get them out of the frame we were positioned on a lower part of a slope
just after a sharp bend.

This shot, too, was envisaged, and positioned for, a good two hundred
metres ahead of Arrowhead, both to photograph her with the background of
the stepwell and before the chasing pack of vehicles had a chance to get
into the frame:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-1505.jpg.html

In this one, positioned again to get her on top of a hump and above us, I
was not successful in getting the vehicle out of the background - as you
can see the forest green metal behind the tree:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-3045.jpg.html

Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 11:11 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> All superb!
>
> And impressive as Brian wrote it.
>
> This one for instance brings a question :
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3488.jpg.html
> Hhow did you manage to find such a low angle without risking your life
> lying on the ground? Tripod and remote triggering?
>
> Amities
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
> > Le 21 avr. 2019 à 06:29, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
> >
> > The last batch from Ranthambhore, featuring the current Queen of the
> Lakes,
> > the Empress of Ranthambhore, Arrowhead (T84). She has two cubs, aged
> around
> > 4-5 months, but she did not bring them out when we were there. Here is a
> > page of studies, at different times of the day, from dawn to dusk, under
> > drastically different light conditions, of the current winner of the Game
> > of Thrones in Ranthambhore! Most of these are complete full frames, we
> got
> > extremely close more often than not on this trip. I have grouped them by
> > subject rather than time:
> >
> > Eyes in the Jungle:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-2973.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-3652.jpg.html
> >
> > Backlit:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-3020.jpg.html
> >
> > Walkabout:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-3077.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-3045.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3405.jpg.html
> >
> > Patwa Bawli:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-1505.jpg.html
> >
> > Eye Contact:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-3064.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3488.jpg.html
> >
> > In The Frame:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-3039B.jpg.html
> >
> > Strider:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190320-1603.jpg.html
> >
> > Dappled Light:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3710.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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