[Leica] Tadoba

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I went to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, another of the tiger-centric
Central Indian national parks  for a quick three day trip in the third week
of March. It was a reasonably good trip for photography, and here are some
of the photographs that I took which I liked.

The first shot is just a record shot of a special sighting, a first for me,
a black panther, early in the morning as we entered the park. The minute he
heard our vehicle, it disappeared into the forest, just giving me enough
time to fire a few frames as a record. It was really far away in very dim
light - this is a 20% crop of the full frame:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-2096-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html

The next set is of a tigress named Veera - she has two cubs, but they did
not come out to the water.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-562-Edit.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240328-2281-Edit.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-984-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1094-Edit.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1205-Edit.jpg.html

Next as an interlude between tiger photographs, here are some other
creatures:

Jungle Cat:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1205-Edit.jpg.html

Black Ibis:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-1500-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html

Crested Serpent Eagle:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240328-1321-Edit.jpg.html

Next are two studies of a Gaur Bull, the biggest members of the family
Bovidae, the wild cattle - the males can tip the scales at 1.5 tonnes (1500
kg). I personally find them quite awe inspiring, and never neglect to
photograph them whenever possible:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-2209-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit2.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-477-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html

The last gaur photo is of a tender moment shared between a female and her
calf:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240327-102-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html

The next series is a tigress called Nayantara, and her brother, Shiva (in
the water), fully grown young adults on the verge of splitting up and going
their own way:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-1188-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-2297-Edit.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-286-Edit.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-1194-Edit.jpg.html

Lastly, an appropriate sign off for a photo set on the Central Indian
jungles would be a photograph of the ever present Hanuman Langur, here with
a very young child in her hands:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240329-323-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html

Please see LARGE, I have posted it accordingly.

Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.

Cheers
Jayanand