[Leica] Bandhavgarh and Kanha

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Wonderful, Jayanand. Hard to pick favourites, but if I had to, it would be 
the tiger drinking from the pond and the hawk at the end.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
photo at frozenlight.eu

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YNWA




> On 3 May 2022, at 07:49, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> I had gone to the National Parks, and prime tiger reserves, of Bandhavgarh
> and Kanha last month as my first outstation trip post covid. The weather
> was extremely hot, with the mercury touching 42/43C, and the full day
> safaris that we undertook, on open top vehicles, were tiring. However
> thanks to constant hydration with water, chaas and  lemon juice, I seemed
> to have sailed through with no after effects. I was quite surprised at my
> own resilience. I have not posted for a long time, but this seemed a
> fitting occasion to resume!
> 
> I was testing a lot of new equipment on this trip - the Nikon Z9, the
> Nikkor Z100-400mm f4.5-5.6S and the Nikkor Z24-70 f2.8S. As  it was they
> performed flawlessly, and the AF eye tracking mode on the Z9 was nothing
> short of magical. As an example, a male tiger walking behind grass, part of
> a burst of 6 shots:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-067.jpg.html
> 
> The Z24-70 f2.8S is, without a doubt, the best normal zoom I have ever
> owned, so let us start with two photographs taken with that lens, mounted
> on a Nikon Z7:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220427-067-Editb.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-045-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Because of the intense heat, all animals were looking for cool places to
> rest in:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Bandhavgarh-20220422-351-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Of course, waterholes were popular places in late afternoon:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220425-1765-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> The Z9 has exceptional high ISO performance if the frame is exposed
> correctly. As you will notice, none of my photographs in this set taken
> with the Z9 are at low ISOs. However, here are two examples at ISO12800 -
> the first one from late in the evening after sunset, and the second being
> early in the morning as the sun was coming up:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220425-1565-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-359-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Two shots of a male that came out of a thicket:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-1545-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-1533-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> This same dominant male, a huge fellow, was following the scent of a
> tigress, when he came upon our vehicle! These shots were at under 200mm:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-1463-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-1731-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-557-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> A vigorous shake of the head when on patrol:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220426-470-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> To round things off, some raptors. The first two are of two different
> Crested Serpent Eagles with its prey:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Kanha-20220427-1056-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Bandhavgarh-20220422-289-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> The last one is a portrait of a Changeable Hawk Eagle:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kanha/Bandhavgarh-20220423-940-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE, I have posted in a reasonably big size.
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, are welcome!
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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