[Leica] A Tiger Story

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

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Thanks Jayanand :-)

Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 5 mai 13 ? 15:32, Robert Clark a ?crit :

> Love the photos and the narrative. Fascinating!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+rclark01=comcast.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+rclark01=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Jayanand Govindaraj
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 9:26 AM
> To: Leica Users Group; PSM
> 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/Rantham
> bhore_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/Rantham
> bhore_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/Rantham
> bhore_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/Rantham
> bhore_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/Rantham
> bhore_20130418_0857.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/April2013/Rantham
> bhore_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/Rantham
> bhore_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/Rantham
> bhore_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/Rantham
> bhore_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/Rantham
> bhore_20130418_1143.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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