Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I went to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, another of the tiger-centric Central Indian national parks for a quick three day trip in the third week of March. It was a reasonably good trip for photography, and here are some of the photographs that I took which I liked. The first shot is just a record shot of a special sighting, a first for me, a black panther, early in the morning as we entered the park. The minute he heard our vehicle, it disappeared into the forest, just giving me enough time to fire a few frames as a record. It was really far away in very dim light - this is a 20% crop of the full frame: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-2096-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html The next set is of a tigress named Veera - she has two cubs, but they did not come out to the water. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-562-Edit.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240328-2281-Edit.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-984-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1094-Edit.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1205-Edit.jpg.html Next as an interlude between tiger photographs, here are some other creatures: Jungle Cat: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240328-1205-Edit.jpg.html Black Ibis: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-1500-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html Crested Serpent Eagle: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240328-1321-Edit.jpg.html Next are two studies of a Gaur Bull, the biggest members of the family Bovidae, the wild cattle - the males can tip the scales at 1.5 tonnes (1500 kg). I personally find them quite awe inspiring, and never neglect to photograph them whenever possible: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-2209-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit2.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240327-477-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html The last gaur photo is of a tender moment shared between a female and her calf: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ8-20240327-102-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html The next series is a tigress called Nayantara, and her brother, Shiva (in the water), fully grown young adults on the verge of splitting up and going their own way: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-1188-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-2297-Edit.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-286-Edit.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240326-1194-Edit.jpg.html Lastly, an appropriate sign off for a photo set on the Central Indian jungles would be a photograph of the ever present Hanuman Langur, here with a very young child in her hands: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Tadoba/TadobaZ9-20240329-323-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEXD-Edit.jpg.html Please see LARGE, I have posted it accordingly. Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. Cheers Jayanand