[Leica] Ranthambhore National Park

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Philippe A, Jim N, Ric C, Alan M
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 1:24 AM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> wonderful set
>
> ric
>
>
> > On Mar 29, 2019, at 11:31 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
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