Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Make up your own mind - this is very close to where I took the shot - might even be one of the same breeding pair: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great-Hornbill.jpg http://kalyanvarma.net/photo.php?id=1461&tag= http://kalyanvarma.net/photo.php?id=1569&tag= Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Great bird shots, Jayanand, although the second one looks a bit > overprocessed--or was the bird really that vivid? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > On Sep 4, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> A few more shots from Valparai: >> >> 1. Nilgiri Langur, a canopy dweller. Very shy and reclusive, they bolt at >> the sight of humans due to a long history of being hunted for meat. Makes >> them quite difficult to photograph well: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGA9739.jpg.html >> >> 2. Malabar or Indian Giant Squirrel - a large canopy dwelling squirrel >> found >> in the southern half of the country: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3344.jpg.html >> >> >> 3. Great Indian Hornbill - two shots of this most majestic and photogenic >> bird in flight - though the ground looks like pristine rainforest, it is >> actually tea and coffee plantations full of trees imported from Africa & >> Australia - not great for the endemic species. This is basically because >> species like African Tulip and Eucalyptus can be harvested without the >> forest department's permission, and endemic varieties need the permission. >> The plantation owners, most of whom have scant regard for the environment >> anyway, naturally choose short term profit instead of long term health of >> a >> habitat: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGA9691.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGA9702.jpg.html >> >> Comments and criticism, as always, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >