[Leica] Bandhavgarh

[Lluis Ripoll]

Hi Jayanand,

Absolute impressive! great shots, it’s wonderful see these ones (for me safer on the monitor), my favorites are the first and the last one, mainly the first one, you have captured a wildlife decisive moment, very impressive!

Cheers
Lluis

> El 28 des 2022, a les 17:11, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> Before going to Varanasi, Neela & I were at Bandhavgarh National Park to
> photograph tigers - guides and drivers there refuse to believe that any
> other wild animals are worth stopping for. We were on three full day
> safaris, which have three advantages:
> 
> - Dawn to dusk access to the park
> 
> - Zone Free, so the whole of the Tourist Zone is accessible
> 
> - Entry 15 minutes before and exit 15 minutes after the normal safari
> vehicles (very important in the morning as fresh pug marks are accessible
> for tracking before a multitude of vehicle obliterate them)
> 
> So without much ado, here is a series of photographs of a tigress called
> Dotty at the Magdhi Zone of the park - her entourage includes two strapping
> cubs, and a very odd extra - a 3-4 year old male tiger, who is allowed to
> hang around with her by the dominant male of the area - we did not see any
> of them, though. We saw Dotty twice, both times in the mornings - a short
> sighting on the first day, when she was grooming herself, saw us and loped
> off into the forest and a long one the next day, very magical, with the
> whole forest enveloped in mist, from which she suddenly metamorphosed in
> front of us.
> 
> *First Sighting*
> 
> Grooming:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221201-060-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-2-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Getting Up:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221201-165-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-2-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Licking Her Chops:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221201-195-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-2-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Into the Forest:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221201-225-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-2-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> *Second Sighting*
> 
> Out of the Mist:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-413-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Entering the Frame:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-494-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Looking Around:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-687-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Smelling the Scent:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-924-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Marking Territory:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-1030-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEb.jpg.html
> 
> Getting Closer:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-864-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Big Mama:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-348-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Portrait:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-365-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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