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    Dear all

    Made this in Jim Corbett National park —named after the hunter turned conservationist
    Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—is the oldest National Park of India. The park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park but then renamed as Jim Corbett NP to pay tribute to great man.

    The Jim Corbett National Park is a heaven for the adventure seeker and wildlife adventure lovers. Corbett National Park is India's first national park which comprises 520.8 km2. area of hills, riverine belts, marshy depressions, grass lands and large lake. The elevation ranges from 1,300 feet to 4,000 feet. Winter nights in Corbett national park are cold but the days are bright and sunny. It rains from July to September. Dense moist deciduous forest mainly consists of sal, haldu, pipal, rohini and mango trees, and these trees cover almost 73 per cent of the park. The 10 per cent of the area consists of grasslands.It houses around 110 tree species, 50 species of mammals, 580 bird species and 25 reptile species. The endangered Bengal tiger of India resides here. The sanctuary was the first to come under Project Tiger initiative.

    This park is so colorful and quite a time resembles with YNP colors. One full lifetime may not be enough to photograph. 2011 is one year when I will be spending some heavy time here. With Elephants I want to shoot Tigers. They are as big as their Siberian cousins

    This image was created with D40X , 70-300 VR F5.6 , ISO 200 , 1/320 , HH at 155mm. Initial days of photography , Do adjust poor IQ here
    All C & C are most welcome and much appreciated
    Harshad

    PS , Info from Wiki

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    Harshad, Thanks for the history of the park and for sharing this image. Gives the viewer a great idea of the place. Love the line of elephants and looking forward to your images from there in 2011. Only suggestion I could offer is to trim a bit off the bottom. (Right above your name), just seems to ground the elephants a bit more.

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    Thanks Grace , much appreciated , here is re-post

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    Harshad,

    Looks a great place, no twigs:D

    I am ashamed to say I was quite close to the park 26 years ago, but I had not discovered Wildlife photography at the time.

    Must try to visit some time;)

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    Harshad, liked it a lot. Especially, the light. If one elephant had looked your way, it would have made a big difference.

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    Ken,
    Except the chaurs you will find twigs all over the place. :-) Unfortunately, large parts of it is colonised by invasives. It is a tiger reserve as well. A very nice place, being destroyed by tourism pressure. The tourist resorts have cut off the migratory corridor of animals. Currently there are efforts to regulate tourism, but no concrete solution has been found so far. I have seen the place change a lot in front of my eyes. Don't expect to see a tiger all the time like bandhavgarh and ranthambhore, but there would be enough to hold your interest.

    Cheers,
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    Bhai there is nothing wrong with the quality of this pic - at least as posted. Many good images are made with the Nikon/Canon equivalent 70-300 stabilised lenses. Lovely scene, your repost nails it - as mentioned, one looking your way would have put it on another level.
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    Harshad, this image gives us a nice feel for the habitat and geography of the park. Like the repost best. TFS image and info!

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    Harshad - Agree with other comments and like the repost better.

    TFS,
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    Hi Harshad Thanks for the bg info and overall view !!! Real nice to see a bit more !! Do like the re post a lot and quality seems fine to me !!!

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    Harshad, as you know I really love environmental wildlife images and I rarely see any showing large numbers of wild Asiatic elephants, so this is fantastic. Agree with other comments regarding one elephant looking your way, but not a deal breaker. TFS.

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    Thanks for the history of the park Harshad...looking forward to seeing your future posts from this incredible place. TFS
    " In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks" - John Muir

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