[Leica] Bandhavgarh

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Before going to Varanasi, Neela & I were at Bandhavgarh National Park to
photograph tigers - guides and drivers there refuse to believe that any
other wild animals are worth stopping for. We were on three full day
safaris, which have three advantages:

- Dawn to dusk access to the park

- Zone Free, so the whole of the Tourist Zone is accessible

- Entry 15 minutes before and exit 15 minutes after the normal safari
vehicles (very important in the morning as fresh pug marks are accessible
for tracking before a multitude of vehicle obliterate them)

So without much ado, here is a series of photographs of a tigress called
Dotty at the Magdhi Zone of the park - her entourage includes two strapping
cubs, and a very odd extra - a 3-4 year old male tiger, who is allowed to
hang around with her by the dominant male of the area - we did not see any
of them, though. We saw Dotty twice, both times in the mornings - a short
sighting on the first day, when she was grooming herself, saw us and loped
off into the forest and a long one the next day, very magical, with the
whole forest enveloped in mist, from which she suddenly metamorphosed in
front of us.

*First Sighting*

Grooming:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221201-060-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-2-Edit.jpg.html

Getting Up:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221201-165-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-2-Edit.jpg.html

Licking Her Chops:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221201-195-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-2-Edit.jpg.html

Into the Forest:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221201-225-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-2-Edit.jpg.html

*Second Sighting*

Out of the Mist:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-413-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html

Entering the Frame:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-494-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html

Looking Around:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-687-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html

Smelling the Scent:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-924-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html

Marking Territory:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-1030-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIMEb.jpg.html

Getting Closer:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-864-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html

Big Mama:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-348-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html

Portrait:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tigerland/Bgarh+Main/Bgarh/Bandhavgarh-20221202-365-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME-Edit.jpg.html

Please see LARGE

Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome

Cheers
Jayanand