ranthambore

July 2015

Wildlife photography in India

July 16th, 2015|Categories: Bagh Safari, Photography|Tags: , , , , , |

Planning Your Trip Identify the subjects that you want to shoot and the best locations and the best times in the different locations to shoot them. The first thing that you need to ask yourself is what all are you looking to shoot. Once you have figured this out then make an “Ideal Wish List”

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June 2015

Some tips for wildlife photography in Ranthambore

June 17th, 2015|Categories: Featured, Photography|Tags: , , , |

Equipment: I would recommend carrying at least three lenses – one wide (I use a Nikon 24-70 mm), one telephoto or zoom lens (I use Nikon 70-200 mm and 200-400 mm). A super telephoto (500 or 600 mm) would be mind blowing and I use a Nikon 600 mm. However this is one lens that

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February 2012

January 2012

Cold wave in Ranthambhore

January 24th, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Most of north west India, including Ranthambore, has been going through a cold wave for the last few days. The night temperatures have been going down to 2 or 3 degrees Centigrade and the only saving grace is that there is little or no fog, so the daytime sun is nice and warm. The safaris, especially

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Star Male or T 28 – A wild tiger’s story

January 20th, 2012|Categories: News, Ranthambhore Tiger|Tags: , , , |

Somewhere during early 2006 T 27 or the Gilai Sagar female gave birth to a litter of two male cubs, which were given the Identification code of T 28 and T 29. Their father was T 2 or X male (so called because very little was known about him), who at that time was the

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Unnis or T 19 – A Wild Tiger’s Story

January 17th, 2012|Categories: News, Ranthambhore Tiger|Tags: , , , , |

The three sisters – “Satara”, “Athara” and “Unnis” (or 17, 18 and 19 in Hindi) were born during the monsoon months (July to September) of 2006. They were the three female cubs of Machali’s (T16) last litter and T 2, who was then the most dominant male of Ranthambhore, was the father.  These three cubs

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Sundari or Sattra or T 17 – A wild tiger’s story

January 15th, 2012|Categories: News, Ranthambhore Tiger|Tags: , , , , , |

The three sisters – “Satara”, “Athara” and “Unnis” (or 17, 18 and 19 in Hindi) were born during the monsoon months (July to September) of 2006. They were the three female cubs of Machali’s (T16) last litter and T 2, who was then the most dominant male of Ranthambhore, was the father. These three cubs (numbered

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Machali or T 16 – A wild tiger’s story

January 4th, 2012|Categories: News, Ranthambhore Tiger|Tags: , , , , |

Machali or T 16 was born sometimes during the monsoons of 1997. She was the dominant cub amongst a litter of 3 females. I moved to Ranthambhore in 1998 and she was one of the first cubs that I saw in Ranthambhore. Since then I have had a strong emotional attachment to her. Machali in Hindi

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December 2011

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