Ranthambore diary May-13

[Vipin Sharma]

Gayatri or T22 sharpening her claws.
She is one of the oldest tigress in RTR yet 7yrs younger than Machali.
Taken last year in May in zone-2 near Putakot.

[Debasis Bose]

The queen licks after sniffing the King.... manicuring her claws ... grooming herself ... Spectacular image. Also, futakot reminds me of the amazing landscape. Thanks for sharing.

[Shyamala Kumar]

Interesting and unususl image.Rarely seen action.Nice capture.Thanks for sharing.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice behaviour photographed. Good eye contact. What were the EXIF details? Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to know that you saw this action. What was the shutter speed, aperture and ISO? A higher shutter speed would have been nice.

The area had light and shade and the head portion was in shadow. In such situations the auto focus can get fooled as it works primarily on the basis of contrast detection. So the focus has not locked on to the head but on the well lit area in the background. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi