[Leica] Ranthambhore National Park

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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