Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Thanks for looking. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 6:55?AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >