Harshad Barve
02-08-2010, 05:55 AM
Dear all
April 2009 trip to Bandhavgarh was quite a long one , So I have decided to split the days. It was very fruitful trip with nearly 500 + different images. This was one of the finest morning and one of the finest tiger sighting I ever had.
We started in the morning at 5.30 am and I was praying for the route C in BTR ( Bandhavgarh Tiger Resreve ) as entire Jhurjhura Tigress family was using that teritory. By luck we got A , which was quite close to route C. We simply skipped all Deers , birds , Langoors and all and headed towards center point. Whenever I have been to BTR , always had a sleepless nights anticipating the sighting. The Chaiwala ( tea vendor ) at center point assured me and he could simply feel my excitation as I said , JARA JALDI DO YAAR ( give me cup of tea fast my friend ). He smiled and I said Yaar Baghawa Jaldi mil jaye , light tez ho jayegi 9 ke baad( Mate , I hope to capture tiger soon as light may be harsh after 9 am.
After reporting we straight away parked our vehicle to Rajbehara Dam. Though I was quite calm but had to hold nerves. Soon after few mins of Binoc watching our guide whispered in my ears , SIRJEE SHERANI SO RAHI HAI PAHIDE PEIN ( Sir, tigress is sleeping on hill top). I was praying for her to wake up.
After thirty mins or so The Princess woke up.
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5189/tiggu2.jpg (http://img513.imageshack.us/i/tiggu2.jpg/)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6977/formitsleeppost.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/formitsleeppost.jpg/)
After that it was full 45 mins of sighting.
I always think who designed tigress , He/She must be Artist to make her so beautiful, Engineer to make her dynamic and Bio-mechanist to make to fit to survive. After some yawns and she decided to come down the hill.
She moved around and went inside the bushes leaving us nearly in tears. After few seconds she emereged from top of hill like sun rises or like a hot model on a ramp in Paris. It was breathtaking and I was trusting on low shutter speed techs as I was shooting at ISO 200.
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2383/tig72.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/tig72.jpg/)
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6314/walkingtiger.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/walkingtiger.jpg/)
The cat was on ramp not bothered about so many people who were busy in storing there best moments in Jungles on memory cards. Klick , klick for Nikon , Canon and many more were like claps for her. For few seconds she stood there and entire crowd was thanking God for this. Once again she proved that howsoever tigers may grow , they will always remain irresitibly adorable. She walk down the ramp down and eased herself in our hearts , Forever
She came down the hill to took few sips of water ( No photos were possible ) and we sipped through our eyes.
Then she decided to seat on her thrown on hill top. Within few strides she was on hill top and from there she started her teritory patrolling.
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8118/tiggu13.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/tiggu13.jpg/)
The amber eyes of tiger were like shining stars and were deep to drown anyone there. Klick , klick started again and after 15 mins, She went inside for another nap. That's the way tiger lives their life and it is always worth waiting for them. We spend nearly 8 hrs in park per day and King show is for 10 secs to 50-60 mins. It always not importatnt how much time you spent with tigers but waht you have done with your camera in those moments.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/72/k27tc.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/k27tc.jpg/)
We came back to hotel and were very happy & satisfied. The morning efforts were like taking lead in first half of soccer match. My heart was satisfied but soon brain came in rescue to remind me , yet I have to get best image.
Afternoon session report which bettered the morning sighting with images to follow soon
All Comments and suggations are most welcome
Harshad
April 2009 trip to Bandhavgarh was quite a long one , So I have decided to split the days. It was very fruitful trip with nearly 500 + different images. This was one of the finest morning and one of the finest tiger sighting I ever had.
We started in the morning at 5.30 am and I was praying for the route C in BTR ( Bandhavgarh Tiger Resreve ) as entire Jhurjhura Tigress family was using that teritory. By luck we got A , which was quite close to route C. We simply skipped all Deers , birds , Langoors and all and headed towards center point. Whenever I have been to BTR , always had a sleepless nights anticipating the sighting. The Chaiwala ( tea vendor ) at center point assured me and he could simply feel my excitation as I said , JARA JALDI DO YAAR ( give me cup of tea fast my friend ). He smiled and I said Yaar Baghawa Jaldi mil jaye , light tez ho jayegi 9 ke baad( Mate , I hope to capture tiger soon as light may be harsh after 9 am.
After reporting we straight away parked our vehicle to Rajbehara Dam. Though I was quite calm but had to hold nerves. Soon after few mins of Binoc watching our guide whispered in my ears , SIRJEE SHERANI SO RAHI HAI PAHIDE PEIN ( Sir, tigress is sleeping on hill top). I was praying for her to wake up.
After thirty mins or so The Princess woke up.
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5189/tiggu2.jpg (http://img513.imageshack.us/i/tiggu2.jpg/)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6977/formitsleeppost.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/formitsleeppost.jpg/)
After that it was full 45 mins of sighting.
I always think who designed tigress , He/She must be Artist to make her so beautiful, Engineer to make her dynamic and Bio-mechanist to make to fit to survive. After some yawns and she decided to come down the hill.
She moved around and went inside the bushes leaving us nearly in tears. After few seconds she emereged from top of hill like sun rises or like a hot model on a ramp in Paris. It was breathtaking and I was trusting on low shutter speed techs as I was shooting at ISO 200.
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2383/tig72.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/tig72.jpg/)
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6314/walkingtiger.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/walkingtiger.jpg/)
The cat was on ramp not bothered about so many people who were busy in storing there best moments in Jungles on memory cards. Klick , klick for Nikon , Canon and many more were like claps for her. For few seconds she stood there and entire crowd was thanking God for this. Once again she proved that howsoever tigers may grow , they will always remain irresitibly adorable. She walk down the ramp down and eased herself in our hearts , Forever
She came down the hill to took few sips of water ( No photos were possible ) and we sipped through our eyes.
Then she decided to seat on her thrown on hill top. Within few strides she was on hill top and from there she started her teritory patrolling.
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8118/tiggu13.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/tiggu13.jpg/)
The amber eyes of tiger were like shining stars and were deep to drown anyone there. Klick , klick started again and after 15 mins, She went inside for another nap. That's the way tiger lives their life and it is always worth waiting for them. We spend nearly 8 hrs in park per day and King show is for 10 secs to 50-60 mins. It always not importatnt how much time you spent with tigers but waht you have done with your camera in those moments.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/72/k27tc.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/k27tc.jpg/)
We came back to hotel and were very happy & satisfied. The morning efforts were like taking lead in first half of soccer match. My heart was satisfied but soon brain came in rescue to remind me , yet I have to get best image.
Afternoon session report which bettered the morning sighting with images to follow soon
All Comments and suggations are most welcome
Harshad