[Leica] Bandhavgarh Part 2

[Don Dory]

Even so, and with respect, a mirrorless body with a telephoto lens will
provide a much better recording than a cell phone.  The processing power in
today's phones is quite impressive but having real pixels is almost always
better than software generated ones.  It's one reason both of us are using
50+ megapixel bodies even while using software to work on noise and or
other artifacts.

But I guess my basic point is that if you are going to an important event
then provide yourself with the tools appropriate to your desires whether
that is a good knife for cooking or a proper wetsuit for surfing in the
chill waves off California.  If I paid for a trip to a game park in Africa
I wouldn't bring just a cell phone.

Nevertheless, your point is valid if for this person a visual record wasn't
the key reason for the visit to the park.  There may have been far more
important reasons for that person, say a wildlife biologist wanting to
understand male tiger behaviour.

On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 6:01 AM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> He may have been shooting a video rather than stills . . .
>
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
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>
> On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 5:45 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I was struck by the shot of the other tourist using a cell phone.
> Visiting
> > a park is not an inexpensive option yet you won't borrow/rent a more
> > capable outfit?  Reminds me of long ago people taking arena shots at the
> > Olympics with disposable cameras using their built in flash.
> >
> > In any case it was a pleasant view of a tiger being a tiger.  I also
> > appreciate your handling of the guides to provide a more balanced view of
> > the wildlife.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 12:26 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> > lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > >  *Wishing all members of LUG, PSM and MNS a happy, fruitful and
> > productive
> > > 2024.*
> > >
> > > Bandhavgarh is arguably the most tiger focused national park in India,
> > the
> > > guides and drivers generally have to be told, quite firmly, to stop for
> > > other flora and fauna as well.
> > >
> > > So, between tigers here is a short interlude:
> > >
> > > Gaur:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-037-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Langur:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1049-Enhanced-NR.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Lesser Adjutant Stork:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1131-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1155-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > In the preceding mail, I had shared photographs of a female tigress
> > called
> > > Katiba. Not very long after we lost track of her, while we were still
> in
> > > Khitauli zone, the alarm calls started ringing out again, and we saw a
> > > handsome male tiger moving through the forest. Deducting that he was
> > making
> > > for a waterhole nearby, we went and took a pole position there. Sure
> > > enough, shortly afterward, he broke cover and started loping down a
> slope
> > > to the water:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-670-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Once there, he looked at the water for a few seconds:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-686-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Then he started drinking, and continued for a long time:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-836-Edit_001.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1282-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1314-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > As he finished, I took an environmental portrait:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-905-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > He then spent a few minutes cooling off in the pond:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1471-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > After which he left the waterbody on the far side:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1613-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Lastly, he marked a tree, and then disappeared into the thicket:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1643-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Finally here are two random offerings to close out the trip. The first
> > one
> > > is a fellow tourist capturing memories of Katiba:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-511-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Lastly, here is a seven shot panorama of a misty morning in
> Bandhavgarh.
> > > These open grasslands were once villages and the cultivated lands that
> > > surrounded them - these have been relocated outside the national park
> > some
> > > time ago, but not very successfully, as there is a lot of resentment
> > still
> > > simmering among these villagers about being robbed of their hereditary
> > > lands:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-006-Enhanced-NR-EditCropped.jpg.html
> > >
> > > Please see LARGE.
> > >
> > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Jayanand
> > >
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> >
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> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
> >
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