Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, This is nothing compared to the crowds you get in East Africa, for example there were over 20-25 vehicles around when I took this shot at the Mara, and the vehicles were really jostling around, and I was really scared that the cubs would get run over (they were barely 6 weeks old): http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya/20090912_070358Mara.jpg.html You can also choose the time you visit here - in May the sightings are wonderful, there is no crowd, but it is also 45C - you take your choice. We also had long periods with tigers when we were the only jeep around - only in Bandhavgarh. which is a small place, does this sort of mayhem occur - 22 vehicles can theoretically congregate at one point, compared to, say, Ranthambhore, where the theoretical limit is 8. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 6:46 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > Very interesting indeed. > > While I very much enjoyed the photographs of the tigers "in the wild" > as well as the photographs of the individuals taking part in the tours; > I had very strange feelings when viewing the shots > of the parade of vehicles full of people. > > Felt like a real disconnect between > looking into the bush > and > looking at the large group looking into the bush. > > To be clear: > I'm not making a judgement > just expressing my feelings when viewing the photographs. > > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Apr 27, 2010, at 7:56 PM, A. Lal wrote: > > Interesting article related to this topic: >> >> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7109878.ece >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >