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Subject: [Leica] A Tiger Story -> Jayanand
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 07:28:45 +0530
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Ah! That is my pal Luis, the man with a way with the senoritas!  If I try
what you do, I will end up in hospital!
Cheers
Jayanand


On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Lluis Ripoll
<lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Jayanand,
>
> OK I have and I take the risk... but the tigers don't smile like these
> se?oritas ...
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/L1031420.jpg.html>
>
> BTW for Nathan, the blonde se?orita is from Alicante
>
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
>
> El 08/05/2013, a las 04:20, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:
>
> > Luis, Thanks for looking.
> > You are in far more danger with your 35mm lenses - I was using an
> > effective focal length of 550mm! A handbag to your head is far more
> > likely to a claw to mine! (-:
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Lluis Ripoll
> > <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Jayanand,
> >>
> >> I'm really fascinated with this story and these impressive pictures,
> really great work ... but as I always says I prefer keep shooting se?oritas
> in La Rambla even if sometime could be more dangerous
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Lluis
> >>
> >>
> >> El 05/05/2013, a las 15:26, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:
> >>
> >>> 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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