Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Douglas, Philippe Thanks for taking the time to look and comment Cheers Jayanand On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote: > I like Neelam best in this series. > > But they're all very good documentation Jayanand. > > Amities > Philippe > > > Le 1 mai 2016 ? 17:23, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> a ?crit > : > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >