Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Jim Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:46 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Wonderful images, Jayanand. Thanks for taking me to places I shall never > visit personally. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > On 11/7/2017 1:38 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> I have just come back from Ranthambhore, visiting after a period of over 4 >> years. Many of the tigers and tigresses of the tourist zone have given way >> to their children, and I was looking forward to seeing the new crop, many >> of whom I had photographed as cubs. The park has also started a full day >> pass system, which entitles you to stay inside from dawn to dusk, but more >> importantly, it is also zone free, meaning that a holder can wander >> anywhere in the tourist zone, effectively weaning the holder from the >> vagaries and pressures of both time and geography! >> >> They have had an awful monsoon this year, and the Dhonk Forest is already >> drying out appreciably, and the lakes are only half full. Next March-April >> should be a great time to go there for photography! >> >> I start with a photograph I like a lot, of one of Noor's (T39) current >> crop >> of three female 16 yo cubs enjoying the water after an invigorating meal >> of >> Sambhar deer. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171103-1890.jpg.html >> >> Next are a few photographs of Arrowhead, the current "Queen of the Lakes", >> the dominant female of a large part of the Tourist Zone, collated over two >> separate sightings on the same day: >> >> Arrowhead: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-1043.jpg.html >> >> Waking Up: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-134.jpg.html >> >> Strider: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-201.jpg.html >> >> Monarch: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-736.jpg.html >> >> Eye Contact 1: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-789.jpg.html >> >> Eye Contact 2: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-1021.jpg.html >> >> Environmental Portrait: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-1098.jpg.html >> >> This row of Hanuman Langurs caught my eye as I was leaving the park: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-1121.jpg.html >> >> Lastly, a few birds: >> >> Juvenile Crested Serpent Eagle: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-019.jpg.html >> >> Indian Cormorant, with lunch: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171101-045.jpg.html >> >> Black-winged Stilt: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/ >> RNP/Ranthambhore-20171103-2234.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, 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 >