[Leica] Bandhavgarh - 1

[lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)]

Hi Jayanand

I find this one really great

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100316_0016.jpg.html

and this one was very interesting for me, I don't know if your "Jungle  
Cat" is equivalent to the "Lince Iberico", also a certain "jungles  
cats", in Spain they are protected:

http://images.google.es/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=lince+iberico&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=qjG-S8WgJ938sQb76ZnCBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQsAQwAA

Thanks for showing

Cheers
Lluis


El 07/04/2010, a las 14:11, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:

> Bandhavgarh was all about tigers - we had 10 drives in all, and saw  
> tigers
> on each drive, but only a few were photographic opportunities. In  
> fact, on
> one drive, I saw 6 tigers/cubs, but did not photograph even one, as  
> they
> were deep in the forest. It is not surprising that sightings of  
> tigers are
> relatively easy here, as it has the highest density of any reserve  
> in India.
>
> The first drive - the Sidhibaba female - she had 2 cubs which Howard
> captured, thanks to the superior low light capability of the Nikon  
> D700.
> This was the limit of the D300:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100316_0016.jpg.html
>
> Climber's Point - so called because the area is full of vines, and the
> resident tigress:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100317_0041.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100317_0049.jpg.html
>
> A rare sighting of a Jungle Cat, and that too close to the road who  
> did not
> get spooked:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100317_0060.jpg.html
>
> A Tiger Show was on the next day - basically elephants locate a  
> tiger, and
> if it is close enough to the jeep routes, tourists are ferried up  
> and down
> to see it. Here, they had located a male, simply called the "New  
> Male". Here
> are the tourists on the elephants:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0140.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0143.jpg.html
>
> Come evening, and everyone knew where a sighting was likely -  
> actually I was
> on the elephant in the morning when the New Male settled down for the
> afternoon. The area was packed, and there was bedlam when he was  
> sighted
> (note the tripod on the ground - a major impediment to quick  
> movement):
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0204.jpg.html
>
> Luckily my driver and guide had expertly parked our jeep, and he  
> broke cover
> right in front of us:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0211.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Bandhavgarh/Bandhavgarh_20100322_0213.jpg.html
>
> Criticisms and comments welcome!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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