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Lazy Sunday Photo- Lion Cubs at Gir National Park, Gujarat

Posted on December 19, 2010
Cub of a lion at gir national park, gujarat, India
A Lion Cub at Gir National Park, Gujarat

These are the pictures of my closest sightings. And there was no way to avoid the noise in the picture for me. The likes of Nayan Khanolkar were not even shooting still, the light was so low. But then for anย amateur like me these pictures are prized possessions.

Lion Cub Gir National park Gujarat, India
Looks can be Deceptive!

This was the shot which I dared to show to Nayan, and he replied “That is a record keeping shot.” When I protested he replied, “Don’t take it otherwise but I have seen thousands of pictures and even though I don’t intend to, I end up saying something that is not liked.” He had a reputation in the camp for putting aย dampener on what you thought was a very good picture. But as he said, he meant no offense and none was taken by anyone.

My Gir National Park Trip was a part of Skoda Yeti ROWE contest.

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10 thoughts on “Lazy Sunday Photo- Lion Cubs at Gir National Park, Gujarat”

  1. Tarun says:
    December 19, 2010 at 2:39 pm

    He was only looking at a walking piece of meat..he was not going to eat it..nice…but blurry

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  2. chitra says:
    December 19, 2010 at 3:56 pm

    Very good for a lazy Sunday photo, a cub lazing . Loved both.

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  3. Anu says:
    December 19, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    Nice ones! the cub looks interested in the crowd of people gazing at him!

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  4. R. Ramesh says:
    December 19, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    Mridula did u shake hands with the king of the jungle?? ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. jagdeep kaur says:
    December 19, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    thanks for sharing mridula. not many get to have this view for real.. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  6. Fida says:
    December 19, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    The lions love you! Just look at how relaxed they are. Fabulous pix!

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  7. Sunita says:
    December 20, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    I love these, Mridula. Positively grrrr-eat!
    And I would definitely treasure Mr. Khanolkar’s comment if I were you ๐Ÿ™‚

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  8. Mridula says:
    December 20, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    Tarun, he he. I am glad the cub was not in a mood for lunch.

    Thanks Chitra.

    I know Anu, I am glad they were keeping their distance ๐Ÿ˜€

    Ramesh, ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€

    Jagdeep, I agree my first sightings in 5 outings to different national parks.

    Thanks Fida.

    Sunita, I definitely cherish my interaction with Nayan for I got to learn a lot. And many thanks for stopping by.

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  9. Sridharan says:
    December 26, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    I could see the light was low seen from the digital noise in the picture. But takinng the shot was important on such occasions than the technical quality of the pic. I was looking for some experience of Gir National park.

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    1. Mridula says:
      December 26, 2010 at 11:20 pm

      Shridharan many thanks for the comment. The complete Gir story will be coming out soon.

      Reply

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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