Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard and Esther are fine, and in Vancouver. We had gone there, together with the Firkins and the Thomases (non LUG) in July/August this year and spent a couple of weeks with them. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/canada/ Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:15 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote: > Howard and Esther, hope they are doing well - long time no news > > Thanks for the explanation and the memory refresher :-) > > Amities > Philippe > > > > Le 8 nov. 2017 ? 18:43, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> a > ?crit : > > > > Douglas, > > Thanks for looking. That cub must be 16-17 months old - they can leave > > their mother any time after they are 20 months old, so they are really > > juveniles, I suppose. In fact we actually travel only on an open jeep, > with > > no sides and roof, like these: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/parks/ > Ranthambhore_20120406_1296.jpg.html > > > > As I keep saying, big cats are far more trustworthy and dependable in > their > > behaviour patterns than humans, so we should really be careful only when > we > > are in the urban jungle! > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > >> Some really great shots, Jayanand. I like all of them, but really do > like > >> the shot of the cub (that's a bloody big cub!) in the waterhole. You > really > >> do get close and personally I don't how you do it without an armoured > car! > >> The cormorant and frog shot is a great moment too. > >> Douglas > >> > >> > >> On 07/11/2017 07:38, 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >