NOOR - QUEEN OF RANTHAMBORE

It is the best tiger portrait i ever taken, this image was taken from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.

During a hot day in November, our Maruti Gypsy jolted along a narrow jungle track. We had signed up for a full day tiger safari in the Ranthambore tiger reserve of Rajasthan. We are now curious to see the Queen - Noor. The jungle is so still that you can hear your heartbeat. The silence was broken. First, alarm call - the loud shriek of a langur, a leaf-eating monkey sitting high up in a banyan tree, followed by a wild cacophony. Shortly afterwards, our guide signalled to his colleague, travelling in another gypsey to rush towards a nearby meadow, where a tigress was resting at a watering hole. Within seconds Noor came in to full view. Its a very close to close encounter. Noor is very adaptive to human presence in the form of photographers and wildlife enthusiasts in her habitat. Noor was one among the dominant tigres of RNP

The photo NFT is 1/1

The eyes are slightly animated.