B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

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One of the most photographed and well know Tigers of Bandhavgarh..The great Bamera Male..

06/1/15

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The king in exile..down but not out..pity I could not see him in his prime..he has a limp in his front leg now and is surviving on cattle and by scavenging..confined in a small area dominated by three males in all directions..Bamera..May 2015 —

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A picture very close to my heart..Was very lucky to witness and capture the stalking behaviour of the Google cub of suki patia..I was using a rented 600 mm lens and 5d body..There is no stopping if you keep upgrading your photo gear..so I try my best to stick to the rule - upgrade your skill before you upgrade your gear..so I wanted to make sure I had the skill to use a high end lens before buying one rather than buying one just because you could afford it..When the cub started off stalking we could not see the wild boar..But soon I realised how the frame would look like once the prey comes in..I was quick enough to change my focusing point to the lower left end and was just ready when the boar appeared..The next couple of shots gave me a lot of satisfaction as I had rightly anticipated what was going to happen next and was ready for the action..One step closer to the bigger lens in my opinion..

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The wild boar saw the cub at the last moment and managed to save its life..If it was the mother,I think she could have got him..

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Mukki zone of Kanha never disappoints me..My first wild Tiger sighting was here years ago..This is RajaRam..He was full of scratch marks all over his body obviously as a result of territorial fights with other males..No doubt these males have to go through a lot to retain their area..

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