Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oliver, Thanks for looking. This is the camp where the elephants stay while they are being trained. You can also photograph routine activities like feeding etc, and you can feed them too if you feel like it! The actual training nowadays is for patrolling duty in the six contiguous national parks that constitute the huge Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, and so the camp today is run by the Karnataka Forest Department: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_Biosphere_Reserve Dubare is at the edge of this area, and practically all the training takes place within the forest. Generally outsiders are not allowed there - it can get genuinely dangerous. One of the national parks within this reserve, Nagarhole, is the best place in the world that I know to photograph large herds of wild elephant - it truly is an elephant paradise. I was last there early in 2007 (disregard the year in the exif data - my camera was set wrong at that time): http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayanand/sets/72157618164311612/ Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Oliver Bryk <oliverbryk at comcast.net> wrote: > Jayanand, > > I like this picture story very much. Thank you for sharing it. > > Oliver > > PS: a theoretical question: are photographers allowed in the elephant > training camp? > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >