[Leica] Bandhavgarh

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Ric,
Thanks for looking

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 8:33 AM Ric Carter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:

> It’s always a pleasure to see the big cats.
>
> Ric
>
>
>
> > On Dec 28, 2022, at 11:11 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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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