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    Ken Watkins
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    Getting a good image in Bandhavgargh can be a nightmare, far to many vehicles and far to much noise. In this case we were quite lucky "right place right time".

    This is believe it or not one of B2's latest sons about 18 months old now.

    Taken in Bandhavgargh National Park, Madya Pradesh, India

    Around 60% of original landscape

    EOS 1D MkIV

    500mm F4 hand-held

    ISO 800, F4, 1/800
    Last edited by Ken Watkins; 05-11-2011 at 02:57 AM.

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    He is M-2 , You can see W mark on cheek

    Excellent pose and nice details
    TFS

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    Nice, tight head portrait of this handsome youngster. Nicely executed Ken.

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    Awesome stuff Ken, must have been quite a trip. I like the close-up of the head, open mouth adds nicely TFS

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    Lovely portrait with superb details...Looks like you had a great trip

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    Excellent portrait Ken with great detail and exposure. Love those haunting eyes.

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    lovely portrait here Ken! I might be tempted to add back just a sliver of space on the LHS if you have it (I tend to try and stay away from square-ish crops personally)
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    Ken - outstanding portrait. Looks like it was a very fruitful trip.

    TFS,
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    It is not at all like Africa, if you stop to take images, then within seconds you are surrounded on all sides the possibility of moving is virtually nil, so quite simply the direction in which you can point the camera is severely limited. In this case the angle was the only one available to me, when the Tiger was not covered in "pesky" twigs, I would have loved to have more space but this is all I could get, I still think that this and others are pretty good given the circumstances. How Harshad gets his images is beyond me

    Thanks to everybody for your comments, the trip was from a photographic point very difficult, but in the end we got some good sightings in particular Rhino and a first time sighting of Dhole.

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