You want a piece of me? Furious tigress strikes street-fighting pose as she fights off a young male

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This is the moment an angry tigress rears up on her hind legs in an incredible street-fighting pose during a vicious battle in India.

The female tiger can be seen stretching out her front legs in a dominant display during a confrontation with an older male trying to invade her territory in Rajasthan, India.

Pictures show the two predators intertwined as they clawed at one another in a battle for supremacy in the jungle clearing in Ranthambore National Park.

Another action-packed photograph shows one of the tigers leaping through the air to body slam its rival.

The dramatic photos were captured by technology architect and amateur photographer Khemchand Joshi, 35, who called it his 'best photograph of all time'.

Toe to toe: Dramatic pictures show the moment a tiger reared up on its hind legs in an incredible 'dancing' pose during a vicious territorial fight in India

 One of the action-packed photographs, captured in India, shows a tigers leaping through the air to body slam its rival

The dramatic photos were captured by technology architect and amateur photographer Khemchand Joshi, 35, who called the fight a 'once in a lifetime opportunity'

'It was the first time in my life I saw fighting between two tigers. I've seen cubs playing with each other but it was the first fight [I'd seen].

'We got the news that one male tiger and one female tigress are sitting nearby so something might happen.

'So we went there, and we saw they were sitting near to each other but they weren't doing anything. But then the female stood up and she marched out of her territory and took up the position to fight.

'They started to fight and I took the photos as a bit of an action piece. There's only certain times the tigers can clash because both of their territories were clashing.

'It was a once in a lifetime opportunity and that's why I took the pictures of these tigers. I just said "wow" about the postures she has taken to fight.

Pictures show the two predators intertwined as they clawed at one another in a battle for supremacy in the jungle clearing in Ranthambore National Park

Squaring up: The fight could have been sparked by the male being at an age to seek a mate. The younger female, at just 22 months, could have been hoping to fend him off from her domain

The female tiger can be seen stretching out its front legs in a dominant display during a confrontation with an older male trying to invade her territory in Rajasthan, India

'That image is actually what goes to my heart, it's a very special image.' 

As well as territory, he believes the fight could have been sparked by the male being at an age to seek a mate. The younger female, at just 22 months, could have been hoping to fend him off from her domain.

Khemchand said: 'It was a territory fight because the male might have been looking for a partner but the female was very young and he was fighting for territory.

'First they marked their territory, then she took her position to fight, then after the fight he again marked his territory and told her where hers was.

'As a wildlife lover, I'd feel bad if anyone got injured in the fight but hopefully both [of the tigers] were fine afterwards.

'It was in the evening and the time for the safari was about to end so we couldn't follow her the same day day. But the news the next day was that she was fine.' 

Khemchand was on safari in Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, India, when he snapped the tigers coming to blows

The photographer was able to capture the male and female involved in a vicious fight in a clearing in the jungle in India

At one point the tigers locked paws as they fought for territory in Ranthambore National Park, in Rajasthan, India