Ranthambhore trip report - (Dial up warning)

kartikp · Mar 11th, 2009, 12:45

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Aishah · Mar 11th, 2009, 13:06

Mod Note: Thank you for posting this. I am going to suggest that it go into the articles thread and will contact Nadreg for you in this regard. In the meantime, if you can change all the big pics into either links or thumbnails it would be much appreciated. I don't think any of us Mods have the time to do this! To stay here as a thread those large photos have to be changed.

kartikp · Mar 11th, 2009, 13:17

Hi Aishah,

I would certainly do the needful. Would it be possible for any ofhte mods to tell me what size of picture/tumbnail will be acceptable, so I can resize accordingly?

Cheers,
Kartik

capt_mahajan · Mar 11th, 2009, 13:42

Wonderful photographs, Kartik. Even though they still haven't finished loading.

Aishah · Mar 11th, 2009, 13:52

Sorry - I'm not the expert on how to resize to thumbnails, but I had a feeling when you do the attachments via Go Advanced, it is automatically done for you (at least that is what happened when I did the very few pics I have put on here!)

I have to say, I have Broadband but scrolling down the page is time-consuming and agony as it is! I have left a note for Nadreg to consider this for an article, but even so, thumbnails will be necessary for that.
If you change to links, you delete this part before and at the end of each url: [IMG] and [/IMG]

kartikp · Mar 11th, 2009, 14:16

All right. I had a look around at attachment and seems like max size should be 100kb and longest dimension should be 800. I will try and resize all the pics to fit the norms. Thanks Aishah.

Captn Mahajan I apologize for that. I hope by now all the pics must be loaded.

Cheers,
Kartik

Aishah · Mar 11th, 2009, 14:25

The photos are lovely. Another thought however, is maybe prune a few of them where the subject is the same? The tiger pics are magnificent! Take out a couple and leave the best. (Hard choice though I admit!)

snehansu-love2travel · Mar 11th, 2009, 15:20

wonderful!
and fortunately I have a superfast net.
That is one thing that visitors to jungles forget to do, to keep silent.

santos_g15 · Mar 11th, 2009, 16:13

awesome photography.great pics.but the thing that caught my eye was the line of jeeps and canters to catch a glimpse of tiger.bit too much i guess.animals have lost their nature i guess wonderfully posing lol.and what camera and lens did use by the way?

kartikp · Mar 11th, 2009, 16:50

Thanks santos_g15,

I agree with you. The traffic jam to see those tigers was a heartbreaking sight. But somehow, the tourists have kept the wildlife and national park safer than it would have been. With the tourism income locals around the place have perspired and are careful about preserving the wildlife. Poaching have been controlled and over all the situation for the park looks better. That being said, it is very sad that wildlife is loosing to the mankind in this race for survival.

The cameras and lenses I used were: 20D, 1D mark2, 24-105 F/4 L. 100-400mm L, 120-300 f/2.8, 500mm F/4 L. Most of the time I was using 20D and 100-400mm combo.

Cheers,
Kartik

OceanTragic · Mar 11th, 2009, 17:12

Absolutely brilliant report, it's made my day. My first Ranthambhore safari is only four weeks away; I'm counting the days, so the timing of your report is perfect. I've got four safaris booked up so far, but now I feel I want to book two more on my last day, or maybe I should try and go to that buffer zone.

As a keen photographer I'm very interested in the kit that you wish you'd taken and what you took but didn't use. I'll be happy if I can take photos anywhere near as good as yours, or Aditya's

. Did you shoot handheld, with a monopod or a bean bag?

ananth_tm · Mar 11th, 2009, 17:33

Excellent report and breathtaking photos. Do post this in indianaturewatch.net

kartikp · Mar 11th, 2009, 17:35

OceanTragic, thanks for the kind words.

Well, for the I wish part I would say I wish I had taken the whole L line up. But that would not work so well with my bank or my back. What I am going to take next time is:

2 bodies - I need one as a back up.
10-22mm Ultra wide lens.
100-400mm IS - Most used lens
500mm With 1.4x - For them birds

I had my 50mm f/1.8 with me but it never came out of bag. I was just not into a mood for portraits though there were opportunities. You may want to take along a 70-200 f/4 with you if your bag permits. I had my flash unit with me which I never used in the park. It was very useful in various forts I had been to though. I also had 85mm f/1.8 with me, which was used a lot while on vacation for portraits and street life but never in Ranthambhore.

Tripod would not really be an option. I am going to use Beanbag. You can wrangle some room for a monopod, but I never felt the need. Aditya's resort sells some reasonably prices bean bags which I would really recommend if you don't already have one.

Ananth: It is posted there as well. Have a look around in trip reports section. :-)

Cheers,
Kartik

santos_g15 · Mar 11th, 2009, 18:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by kartikp

Thanks santos_g15,

I agree with you. The traffic jam to see those tigers was a heartbreaking sight. But somehow, the tourists have kept the wildlife and national park safer than it would have been. With the tourism income locals around the place have perspired and are careful about preserving the wildlife. Poaching have been controlled and over all the situation for the park looks better. That being said, it is very sad that wildlife is loosing to the mankind in this race for survival.

The cameras and lenses I used were: 20D, 1D mark2, 24-105 F/4 L. 100-400mm L, 120-300 f/2.8, 500mm F/4 L. Most of the time I was using 20D and 100-400mm combo.

Cheers,
Kartik

Thanks .i have eyeing 100-400 L sereis from canaon (i presume u r talking about it) for quite sometime.not able to save enough money to buy it.lol.u HAVE GREAT SET OF LENS.did u spend a fortune on buying them.just joking.

edwardseco · Mar 11th, 2009, 21:13

With 10MPS these are great pictures and a strong narrative. Thank you..

Mar 11th, 2009, 12:45	#1
kartikp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UAE Posts: 51	Ranthambhore trip report - (Dial up warning) NOTE: This article has been promoted to the Articles section. Click here to read it in entirety. http://www.indiamike.com/india-artic...ember-kartikp/ Last edited by nadreg : Mar 22nd, 2009 at 02:31.

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Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 7,624	Mod Note: Thank you for posting this. I am going to suggest that it go into the articles thread and will contact Nadreg for you in this regard. In the meantime, if you can change all the big pics into either links or thumbnails it would be much appreciated. I don't think any of us Mods have the time to do this! To stay here as a thread those large photos have to be changed. __________________ "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."

Mar 11th, 2009, 13:42	#4
capt_mahajan Infidel Sufi Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: styx Posts: 13,606	Wonderful photographs, Kartik. Even though they still haven't finished loading. __________________ . Outside the machine

Mar 11th, 2009, 17:12	#11
OceanTragic More Of A Leecher Than A Seeder Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southampton,UK Posts: 954	Cracking Report Absolutely brilliant report, it's made my day. My first Ranthambhore safari is only four weeks away; I'm counting the days, so the timing of your report is perfect. I've got four safaris booked up so far, but now I feel I want to book two more on my last day, or maybe I should try and go to that buffer zone. As a keen photographer I'm very interested in the kit that you wish you'd taken and what you took but didn't use. I'll be happy if I can take photos anywhere near as good as yours, or Aditya's . Did you shoot handheld, with a monopod or a bean bag?

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Mar 11th, 2009, 13:17	#3
kartikp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UAE Posts: 51	Hi Aishah, I would certainly do the needful. Would it be possible for any ofhte mods to tell me what size of picture/tumbnail will be acceptable, so I can resize accordingly? Cheers, Kartik

Mar 11th, 2009, 13:52	#5
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 7,624	Sorry - I'm not the expert on how to resize to thumbnails, but I had a feeling when you do the attachments via Go Advanced, it is automatically done for you (at least that is what happened when I did the very few pics I have put on here!) I have to say, I have Broadband but scrolling down the page is time-consuming and agony as it is! I have left a note for Nadreg to consider this for an article, but even so, thumbnails will be necessary for that. If you change to links, you delete this part before and at the end of each url: [IMG] and [/IMG]

Mar 11th, 2009, 14:16	#6
kartikp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UAE Posts: 51	All right. I had a look around at attachment and seems like max size should be 100kb and longest dimension should be 800. I will try and resize all the pics to fit the norms. Thanks Aishah. Captn Mahajan I apologize for that. I hope by now all the pics must be loaded. Cheers, Kartik

Mar 11th, 2009, 14:25	#7
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 7,624	The photos are lovely. Another thought however, is maybe prune a few of them where the subject is the same? The tiger pics are magnificent! Take out a couple and leave the best. (Hard choice though I admit!)

Mar 11th, 2009, 15:20	#8
snehansu-love2travel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 154	wonderful! and fortunately I have a superfast net. That is one thing that visitors to jungles forget to do, to keep silent.

Mar 11th, 2009, 16:13	#9
santos_g15 Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: chennai Posts: 738	awesome photography.great pics.but the thing that caught my eye was the line of jeeps and canters to catch a glimpse of tiger.bit too much i guess.animals have lost their nature i guess wonderfully posing lol.and what camera and lens did use by the way?

Mar 11th, 2009, 16:50	#10
kartikp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UAE Posts: 51	Thanks santos_g15, I agree with you. The traffic jam to see those tigers was a heartbreaking sight. But somehow, the tourists have kept the wildlife and national park safer than it would have been. With the tourism income locals around the place have perspired and are careful about preserving the wildlife. Poaching have been controlled and over all the situation for the park looks better. That being said, it is very sad that wildlife is loosing to the mankind in this race for survival. The cameras and lenses I used were: 20D, 1D mark2, 24-105 F/4 L. 100-400mm L, 120-300 f/2.8, 500mm F/4 L. Most of the time I was using 20D and 100-400mm combo. Cheers, Kartik

Mar 11th, 2009, 17:33	#12
ananth_tm Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 38	Excellent report and breathtaking photos. Do post this in indianaturewatch.net

Mar 11th, 2009, 17:35	#13
kartikp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UAE Posts: 51	OceanTragic, thanks for the kind words. Well, for the I wish part I would say I wish I had taken the whole L line up. But that would not work so well with my bank or my back. What I am going to take next time is: 2 bodies - I need one as a back up. 10-22mm Ultra wide lens. 100-400mm IS - Most used lens 500mm With 1.4x - For them birds I had my 50mm f/1.8 with me but it never came out of bag. I was just not into a mood for portraits though there were opportunities. You may want to take along a 70-200 f/4 with you if your bag permits. I had my flash unit with me which I never used in the park. It was very useful in various forts I had been to though. I also had 85mm f/1.8 with me, which was used a lot while on vacation for portraits and street life but never in Ranthambhore. Tripod would not really be an option. I am going to use Beanbag. You can wrangle some room for a monopod, but I never felt the need. Aditya's resort sells some reasonably prices bean bags which I would really recommend if you don't already have one. Ananth: It is posted there as well. Have a look around in trip reports section. :-) Cheers, Kartik

Mar 11th, 2009, 21:13	#15
edwardseco Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes. Posts: 5,843	With 10MPS these are great pictures and a strong narrative. Thank you..

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