[Leica] Bandhavgarh Part 2

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

While the tiger shots are great, Jayanand, I find the composition of the 
langur really appealing. With the backstory, your panorama is quite 
poignant, as us Irish suffered clearances too, but under the English, 
not our own countrymen. But, as long as the world spins, it will keep on 
happening as we're currently seeing.

Douglas




On 01/01/2024 06:25, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
>   *Wishing all members of LUG, PSM and MNS a happy, fruitful and productive
> 2024.*
>
> Bandhavgarh is arguably the most tiger focused national park in India, the
> guides and drivers generally have to be told, quite firmly, to stop for
> other flora and fauna as well.
>
> So, between tigers here is a short interlude:
>
> Gaur:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-037-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Langur:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1049-Enhanced-NR.jpg.html
>
> Lesser Adjutant Stork:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1131-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-1155-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html
>
> In the preceding mail, I had shared photographs of a female tigress called
> Katiba. Not very long after we lost track of her, while we were still in
> Khitauli zone, the alarm calls started ringing out again, and we saw a
> handsome male tiger moving through the forest. Deducting that he was making
> for a waterhole nearby, we went and took a pole position there. Sure
> enough, shortly afterward, he broke cover and started loping down a slope
> to the water:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-670-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Once there, he looked at the water for a few seconds:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-686-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Then he started drinking, and continued for a long time:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-836-Edit_001.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1282-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1314-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html
>
> As he finished, I took an environmental portrait:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-905-Edit.jpg.html
>
> He then spent a few minutes cooling off in the pond:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1471-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html
>
> After which he left the waterbody on the far side:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1613-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Lastly, he marked a tree, and then disappeared into the thicket:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-1643-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Finally here are two random offerings to close out the trip. The first one
> is a fellow tourist capturing memories of Katiba:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231209-511-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Lastly, here is a seven shot panorama of a misty morning in Bandhavgarh.
> These open grasslands were once villages and the cultivated lands that
> surrounded them - these have been relocated outside the national park some
> time ago, but not very successfully, as there is a lot of resentment still
> simmering among these villagers about being robbed of their hereditary
> lands:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh23/Bandhavgarh-20231208-006-Enhanced-NR-EditCropped.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE.
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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