[Leica] Bandhavgarh Part 2

[Lluis Ripoll]

Hi Jayanand,

I’ve missed this post, another outstanding photo documentary about the Indian magnificent Parks!

I like very much yuour picture “Langur” because it is a different and amazing approach to your subjects, I like very much too the Close Up 2. However all the set is a great work and every image is priceless!
Cheers
Lluis


> El 3 gen 2024, a les 4:12, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> 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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