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Subject: [Leica] A Tiger Story
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 16:28:17 +0100 (BST)
References: <CAH1UNJ188RZj7WMKCUnQ8saMD-zR-yc0amBEUmfnNGBru_OdTw@mail.gmail.com>

Fasciating story. Fabulous photographs!
cheers,
Frank



>________________________________
> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>; PSM <psm1857 at 
>googlegroups.com> 
>Sent: Sunday, 5 May 2013, 14:26
>Subject: [Leica] A Tiger Story
> 
>
>Just a tiger story as it played out in Ranthambhore last month. A lot
>of the shots were taken at long distance, through trees, grass, twigs
>and leaves and then cropped - and the first one has been included for
>the story's sake. The lighting for the morning shots was also quite
>difficult - shooting into the sun, with a water body reflecting
>everything. Anyway, here goes, hope you enjoy the tale:
>
>Our first sighting was the female T22, the mother of T24:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0719-Edit.jpg.html
>
>Our next sighting, after a few minutes, was the male T24, the dominant
>male of the southern end of Ranthambhore, dragging a half eaten
>carcass through the trees, periodically stopping to eat a morsel:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0762.jpg.html
>
>When he reached a clearing, it was apparent that the carcass was that
>of a young Nilgai, a large antelope. It was also getting apparent that
>T24 had stolen the kill from his mother T22, and they were not
>together for mating (tigers in Ranthambhore are notoriously
>incestuous):
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0799.jpg.html
>
>It was clear that he was making for Phoota Kot, a water body close by:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0848.jpg.html
>
>He dragged the carcass into the water, and entered with quite a splash:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0857.jpg.html
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0864.jpg.html
>
>He gave us a snarl or two as a general warning:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0878.jpg.html
>
>He then stashed his scavenged kill in the water. Tigers do this both
>to slow down the decomposition of the meat, and to easier defend it
>against other tigers.:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_0887.jpg.html
>
>After this, his mother also came to the water, probably to try and see
>if she could get something out of her son - no such luck - his ears
>pinned back, hair bristling, growling, he saw her off in no time.
>Unfortunately this encounter was half hidden from our position, and I
>got no shots of it.
>
>We came back in the afternoon, and he was there, cooling off and
>guarding the carcass. The ears and the body of the nilgai is visible,
>floating in the water, at the top right:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_1090.jpg.html
>
>A last shot - the wind acted up, and a thunderstorm was imminent, and
>he obviously smelt something!:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Ranthambhore_20130418_1143.jpg.html
>
>Please see LARGE
>
>Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
>Cheers
>Jayanand
>
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