Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, I must say that your gear served you well! The details in Neelam and Eye Contact speak for themselves. Thanks for sharing these. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/1/2016 10:23 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I was at Kanha National Park in Central India for a week in April. We had > funny weather - 15C in the mornings, rising to 41C by the afternoon. It was > my first wildlife outing in two years, and to say I enjoyed it would be an > understatement. Kanha was the first park where "Project Tiger" was launched > in the 1970s, and continues to be one of the prime gems among India's > wildlife reserves. It consists of evergreen Sal trees, a hardwood which > grows straight and tall (so you always have the feeling that you are > driving through a cathedral), punctuated by huge open grasslands, where > villages once stood, till they were relocated outside the park. > > As an experiment towards carrying lighter gear for wildlife trips, I used > the latest iteration of the Nikon 300mm f4 paired with the appropriate 1.4x > teleconverter, making a 420mm f5.6 lens, on the Nikon D4, during this trip. > I was very satisfied with the combo, being light and fast, and easily > handheld. With the D4, of course, I could shoot at higher ISOs, to > compensate for perpetually being at 1/1200 @ f8, without sacrificing any > quality. These photographs below have all been taken with that combination: > > Bade Ma (Big Mother): > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha2016-1761.jpg.html > > Bade Ma with 3 month old Cub: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha2016-1906.jpg.html > > Licking Her Chops: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha+2016-1912.jpg.html > > Neelam: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha+2016-2454.jpg.html > > Madonna of the Forest: > > - In Colour: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha+2016-1329.jpg.html > > - In B&W: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2016/Kanha+2016-1328c.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE. > > Comments and criticism, as always, very welcome! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >