[Leica] Bandhavgarh Part 2

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Douglas,

Thanks for looking.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 6:55 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> While the tiger shots are great, Jayanand, I find the composition of the
> langur really appealing. With the backstory, your panorama is quite
> poignant, as us Irish suffered clearances too, but under the English,
> not our own countrymen. But, as long as the world spins, it will keep on
> happening as we're currently seeing.
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
>
> On 01/01/2024 06:25, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG 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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