[Leica] Bandhavgarh Part 2

[Nathan Wajsman]

Just gorgeous images, Jayanand. One day I have to visit your country.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 1 Jan 2024, at 07:25, 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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