Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe A, Jim N, Ric C, Alan M Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 1:24 AM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > wonderful set > > ric > > > > On Mar 29, 2019, at 11:31 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > I had a very satisfying trip to three wildlife sanctuaries in roughly the > > same overall area in India, but with wildly different characteristics and > > wildlife: > > > > National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, on the cleanest river in > > India, at the confluence of three big states (MP, Rajasthan and UP), set > up > > as the last surviving stronghold for this Critically Endangered fish > eating > > Crocodilian, is also home to Mugger Crocodiles, various river birds and > > small mammals. > > > > Keoladeo Ghana National Park at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, one of the greatest > > bird sanctuaries in the world, and a World Heritage Site. > > > > Ranthambhore National Park, on the outskirts of Sawai Madhopur, > Rajasthan - > > one of the strongholds of the Bengal Tiger which marks the westernmost > > point of the tiger's worldwide range, and the best Indian park that I > know > > to see and photograph them. > > > > I am starting with a page of studies of young males at Ranthambhore, part > > of a new generation of tigers that are taking over the park. All of them > > are around 3 years old, are semi independent from their mothers, and will > > become fully independent this monsoon. > > > > The first series of studies is of the moods of a gorgeous hunk called > Jai, > > son of T8, Ladali - we saw him on two occasions. He was very skittish the > > first time, and very calm and tolerant the second time around! He must be > > one of the most handsome, and biggest, males I have seen at that age. > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190316-1708.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190316-1673.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190316-1638.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3209-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3238.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/untitled-20190320-3230.jpg.html > > > > The second set is of T111 and T112, sons of T19, Krishna, in and around > the > > Adhidagar Waterhole > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190317-1867.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190317-209.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190317-131.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190317-185.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190318-581.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2019/Ranthambhore/Ranthambhore-20190318-640.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 >