These images are cropped from a handy cam movie shot near my home town Jabalpur and Kanha National Park. Those who are not interested in wildlife photography could use a handy cam to film whenever there is a chance in your outings and crop images to upload in your blog for readers.

The images below where taken and Kanha National Park and the forests of Jabalpur. The images are taken from a digital movie camera and then cropped. The Indian tiger reserves are the best places for wildlife sighting and for tiger photography.

For good images you need good SLR with a lens of at least 300 mm. A prime lens gives better images hence most of the wildlife photographers use prime lenses although sometimes zoom lenses are quite handy.

The best time or nature photography at tiger reserves is the hot month of May which accords lot of sunlight and wonderful tiger and animal sightings.

For birding long lenses are a must with a prime lens of 800 mm or with a digital camera 500 mm. Most economical lenses are from Sigma which equal in quality to major brands as Nikon, Pentax and Canon.

India is a diverse country and overwhelmingly diverse when it comes to wildlife, habitats and zoo geographical zones. The animals, birds and flora are unique in distant regions of India.

Visiting tiger reserves on wildlife safaris in distant states will definitely offer many new experiences for the eco tourist.

Kerala is one of the prime wildlife destinations in India. During your Kerala tour you can visit Periyar tiger reserve and many others.

Periyar offers extensive wildlife viewing and major mammals like wild elephant, tiger and Indian bison. Though tiger sightings are not as high as Kanha or Bandhavhgarh the wildlife experience in totality is something not to be missed.

Periyar also referred to as Thekkady is spread in an area of 777 sq.kms and is one of the finest tiger reserve in India. At Periyar one can go for nature walk, border hiking, adventure trekking and bamboo rafting apart from wildlife safari in the park. Most of these nature programs are organized by the administration and are conservation oriented.

Periyar nature preserve is situted in Idukki district of Kerala and can be reached:
Air

Cochin : 190 Kms.
Thiruvananthapuram : 267 Kms.
Madurai: 140 Kms.

Rail
Kottayam : 114 Kms.
Changanassery: 120 Kms.
Ernakulam : 190 Kms.
Madurai : 135 Kms.

Road
Bus links to / from Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Kottayam, Munnar & Madurai.

It is a little more than one month to go before the parks close down due the monsoon rains. The tiger reserve in Central India close on 31st June till October 1st.

The hotels at Kanha still receive visitors from India. The visitors from UK, USA and other European countries who form the bulk of foreign visitors do not visit now. The reason is that after mid April the heat starts to rise and it becomes unbearable. Only those who are interested in tiger photography dare to bear the heat. This is wonderful time for wildlife watching since animals congregate in the core zone as water elsewhere dries down.

Unlike Kanha the hotels at Pench do not close down after the closure of the park as the fun crowd from nearby town Nagpur keep on visiting the resort. They limit themselves to the surrounding or are holed up in the hotel drinking and dancing.

This is the time for wildlife and tiger photography as there is good light and the forest cover is reduced. Moreover the animal activity heightens in the core zone which aids the photographer in locating major mammals - tiger, leopard, sambar deer and even sloth bears easily.

Most of the action in the parks around this time is at waterholes and grasslands providing excellent scope for capturing animals in your camera.

By William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Poetry of Wild tiger. This poem on tiger has immortalized the tiger and perhaps William Blake himself.

Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyger