Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 8:33 AM Ric Carter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > It?s always a pleasure to see the big cats. > > Ric > > > > > On Dec 28, 2022, at 11:11 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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