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Subject: [Leica] Ranthambhore
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 09:37:23 +0100
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Impressive indeed !!!

Amiti?s
Philippe


> Le 9 nov. 2017 ? 09:00, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> a 
> ?crit :
> 
> Ric, Nathan
> Thanks for looking
> 
> Eye Contact 2 is a full frame shot at 70mm, so you can imagine how close
> she was!
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Maginificent. I love them all but if forced to pick favourites, it would
>> be Eye Contact 2 and the bird with lunch.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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>>> On 07 Nov 2017, at 08:38, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
>> 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
>>> 
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