I've previously blogged about Noor and Sultan, Mother and Son but what about father? Ustad or T24 is a large male living with territory in zone 1 and zone 2 in Ranthambore national park. He is also Sultan's Dad. After our first encounter with Noor and Sultan we were just leaving the park when Ustad was walking down towards a watering hole looking magnificent in the late afternoon sun. He appeared to be limping, which confirmed a story told to us by some rangers earlier who had seen him walking on just 3 of his paws. When he reached the water he took a drink before splashing around with his injured paw as if to sooth the pain. Just as we had to leave he settled down in the water to cool off.
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| Ustad (T24) taking a drink from the watering hole. |
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| Ustad looking as though he was about to pounce onto his own reflection. |
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| Taking a drink while holding his injured paw off the ground. |
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| Portrait of a tiger drinking in the watering hole. |
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| Making ripples in the watering hole like a baby in the bath! |
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| Ustad settled down in the watering hole to cool off. |
hi - like the pic of 'Portrait of a tiger drinking in the watering hole.' when was this taken? and has this photo been converted into a painting?
ReplyDeleteHi Nimish, to my knowledge this photograph may be being converted into a scroll saw pattern but not a painting.
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