Tiger Cub - Roll Over/Bandipur

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This is Gowri's cub (female) from the tiger weekend series, it was a treat to watch the cub roll over, yawn, take a short nap. I was fortunate to witness various behavior and capture them too

Camera - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 500mm + 1.4x TC
Av 5.6
Tv 1/400
ISO 640
EC - 0.3 step
Focal length 700mm
Used jeep seat as support
Date and Time : 3rd Dec'11 @ 4:11pm

[V S Sankar]

Tigers of Bandipur always seems to fall prey to you Praveen!It would have been a wonderful experience to see the frolicking of this young animal.Nice capture.

Regards

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice behavior with habitat captured.It also possibly confirms my view that tigers are receiving better protection in the South.
Now I have no other option but to agree with Sankar bhai that tigers( tigresses, in particular) of Bandipur have fallen in love with Praveen bhai!Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Seems she was quite relaxed. Wish the face was more visible. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

There have been recent poaching incidents around bandipur as well. And there is the issue of people getting into the forest in search of fuel wood collection. A township is slowly growing on the outskirts of bandipur. Life is tough for these tigers.

[Anand Madabhushi]

Very good. I have a few hundred images of Bamera, a male tiger of Bandhavgarh, having a nap. Watched him for over an hour. These photographs will speak volumes of the thrilling experience.