Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast
Results 26 to 50 of 57
  1. #26
    Boxed Member
    Nawty's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    20-04-2015 @ 07:37 PM
    Location
    in a state of mind
    Posts
    9,709
    This might interest some.....Bruce mentions the roadworks in this thread...

    https://teakdoor.com/thailands-nation...ml#post1471416 (Khao Yai destruction..)

  2. #27
    Thailand Expat
    Mr R Sole's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Last Online
    10-09-2019 @ 08:01 PM
    Location
    The back of beyond..on the bloody PC by the looks of it!!
    Posts
    2,049
    I am right there with you on that Nawty...the widening of the road is totally not necessary. The same went for the road in Khao Lak being widened for Thaksin's dignitary buddies so they could park their posh motors and bloody mini buses!!! National parks getting screwed for what????

    Are there any Tigers left in Khao Yai??? I've heard from a reliable source about 3yrs ago that there was only a male found after some 7days trying to find a tiger and he was too old to breed!!!! I do hope this was due to Ranger error and helicopter pilot incompetence....However knowing Thailand they've probably been killed and sold of to the Chinese 'medicine' trade....
    There are no strangers here, just friends you haven't met yet.

  3. #28
    Boxed Member
    Nawty's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    20-04-2015 @ 07:37 PM
    Location
    in a state of mind
    Posts
    9,709
    Last year there was a front page article on a Thai newspaper reporting 2 tigers that had killed and eaten a pig in the KY area.....they had a pic of what was left of the pig and I presume the footprints were what told them there were 2 tigers of different size.

    Not sure if true, heard nothing since and hope they did not get the tracks mixed up with dog hoof's......hope it is true.....I tell my daughter to eat all her dinner quickly or the tigers will come and get her and I point to the jungle behind our house.
    I like poisoning my neighbours dogs till they die cos I'm a cnut

  4. #29
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by Bower View Post
    Excellent thread, Thank you very much.

    How about a little advice, should we visit ? best time of year to go ?
    Should it be left as a sanctuary?
    Bower, the best time is November during mid-week just after the rains. The weather is cool, the forest lush and is just a great time to see wildlife.

    The park should be protected from expansionists who only think about the money they can squeeze out of the budget. It is a problem that will not go away anytime soon. That's the big problem; the future is bleak on many places set aside for the public to enjoy but Khao Yai like many other parks is completely overwhelmed with tourists during holidays and other ocassions. The officials do not know what limitation is. Shame..!

  5. #30
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Great work Bruce. Thanks for sharing.
    To Misskit,

    It was my pleasure to share, that's what I'm here for. Thanks.

  6. #31
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by pangsida View Post
    Fabulous as always. Best morning read I have had this year.
    Pangsida,

    Glad you enjoyed the thread. Will try and get another very soon. Thanks.

  7. #32
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by Nawty View Post
    Sounds good to me...although I think I will disappoint you, I tend to fluke a shot, rather than produce it.
    I doubt that. I have looked at some of your other stuff and it's good. Keep up the good work especially anything to do with Khao Yai.

  8. #33
    Thailand Expat
    Mid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    1,411
    thank you for the time and effort Bruce , it is indeed appreciated .

  9. #34
    Thailand Expat

    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Last Online
    07-02-2011 @ 03:00 PM
    Location
    denmark pattaya and buri ram
    Posts
    1,288
    nice pics enjoed a lot a green is sent

  10. #35
    Member
    richie22's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Last Online
    19-11-2013 @ 05:54 PM
    Location
    rawai phuket
    Posts
    325
    Nice photo's Bruce. A mate of mine is up there at the moment looking to buy a house in Pak Chong. Looks like he will be getting a few visits from me after seeing these.

  11. #36
    Newbie
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Last Online
    16-12-2012 @ 08:37 AM
    Posts
    5
    Fantastic photos, Bruce!

  12. #37
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by Mid View Post
    thank you for the time and effort Bruce , it is indeed appreciated .
    Thanks in return. I enjoy what I do...next one soon on tigers.

  13. #38
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by smeden View Post
    nice pics enjoed a lot a green is sent
    Thanks for all that green. Wish is was cash. My pleasure.

  14. #39
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by richie22 View Post
    Nice photo's Bruce. A mate of mine is up there at the moment looking to buy a house in Pak Chong. Looks like he will be getting a few visits from me after seeing these.
    Tell your friend to stay away from the road....could get expensive. Khao Yai is fun, lot's of wildlife along the road to keep you occupied.

  15. #40
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by Ravip View Post
    Fantastic photos, Bruce!
    Thanks a lot. I have been down the road when it comes to photographing Thailand's wildlife but it's fun and rewarding.

  16. #41
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    59,983
    Absolutely fantastic stuff. You are an asset to this forum, glad you joined.

    I love camping and trekking in Khao Yai, I tend to go once every couple of months. Never seen the elephants though, have seen plenty of other wild life, including a couple of . I've read/heard that there are Sun Bears in KY, do you know if that is the case ?

  17. #42
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Wilson View Post
    Absolutely fantastic stuff. You are an asset to this forum, glad you joined.

    I love camping and trekking in Khao Yai, I tend to go once every couple of months. Never seen the elephants though, have seen plenty of other wild life, including a couple of . I've read/heard that there are Sun Bears in KY, do you know if that is the case ?
    Sir Wilson,

    Thanks for your welcome. I hope to please.

    Recently, my friend Tim Redford with the NGO 'Free Land' camera-trapped a sun bear next door in Thap Lan NP. They are also in Khao Yai but probably very difficult to see. Elephants are usually on the road down to Nakhon Nayok in the afternon but not everyday. As I said in the thread, you must use retraint and not get too close. Glad you like nature like I do...!

  18. #43
    Member pangsida's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Last Online
    20-02-2015 @ 02:55 PM
    Location
    Deepest Darkest Sukhumvit
    Posts
    84
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Wilson
    plenty of other wild life, including a couple of . I've read/heard
    Them pesky punctuations are running wild all over the damned place

  19. #44
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    3,600
    Great thread, thanks; we spent a day in Pangsida in June and will go back now we know they've accomm there.
    The tiger question - one of the ranger/wardens joked "keep your windows up'" (we were on a motorbike) when he gave us the pass to go to Pangsida lookout, 46km round-trip of dirt road from the ranger office. Websites I've looked at mention tigers . . . there was plenty of elephant dung to swerve around, a huge iguana/lizard thing, and zillions of butterflies, but nothing striped with big teeth. Im sure we'd ahve noticed. Maybe the elephants keep them away.

  20. #45
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    3,600

    Cool

    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Wilson View Post
    Absolutely fantastic stuff. You are an asset to this forum, glad you joined.

    I love camping and trekking in Khao Yai, I tend to go once every couple of months. Never seen the elephants though, have seen plenty of other wild life, including a couple of . I've read/heard that there are Sun Bears in KY, do you know if that is the case ?
    Tigers. please let it be tigers.

    Or King Willy gorillas.

  21. #46
    Thailand Expat Bobcock's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    15,842
    Just found this thread, didn't know it existed.



    We met at the launch of your book Wild rivers at the FCCT, I'm a (not so close) friend of Tim Redford's (we once worked a Smith's gig together) though we meet very these days.

    Love this shot, I think you previewed it from your next book that night.

    Photographer myself but not wildlife to be honest, I only have a 400mm at my disposal, I tend to prefer up close and personal with people in markets.

    I do know Nawty rather well though and my advice is to shoot him with a 600mm and get no close....he's infectious.
    Last edited by Bobcock; 03-07-2010 at 12:06 AM.

  22. #47
    Member

    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    16-03-2013 @ 03:07 PM
    Location
    The forests of Thailand
    Posts
    173
    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock View Post
    Just found this thread, didn't know it existed.


    We met at the launch of your book Wild rivers at the FCCT, I'm a (not so close) friend of Tim Redford's (we once worked a Smith's gig together) though we meet very these days.

    Love this shot, I think you previewed it from your next book that night.

    Photographer myself but not wildlife to be honest, I only have a 400mm at my disposal, I tend to prefer up close and personal with people in markets.

    I do know Nawty rather well though and my advice is to shoot him with a 600mm and get no close....he's infectious.
    I use a 400mm but with an f-stop of 2.8. Absolutely the best lens for wildlife work and I also use 1.7 tele-converter for 680mm on birds and distant subjects. The barking deer is 99% in the air and absolutely in my 4th book that is in the building stages. There were so many people at the book launch but I do appreciate it very much that you came. Hopefully we can meet one day again for a beer or something. I also have a 600mm and you say I should shoot Nawty, hmmmm! I'll give it a shot next time I'm up in Khao Yai...Hah!

  23. #48
    Thailand Expat Bobcock's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    15,842
    My 400mm is only f4, I photograph a fair bit of sport with it, but it means I have to up the iso quite a bit whereas for anything serious I like to keep the iso firmly on 100. I must admit I thought you did most of your stuff with the 600mm lens you have. I do have a 200mm f2.8.

    Of course the one thing you do have is the patience to sit still for hours on end which I would find very difficult.....5555

  24. #49
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    59,983
    Quote Originally Posted by Bobcock
    I do know Nawty rather well though and my advice is to shoot him with a 600mm and get no close....he's infectious.
    I reckon a 5.56mm might be a more appropriate size to shoot nawty with.

  25. #50
    Member APMann's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Last Online
    01-01-2013 @ 08:49 PM
    Posts
    53
    No apology necessary for anyone wanting to bump Brucies threads full of superb photography on a regular basis! Now, where's that tiger one.....

Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •