[Leica] Yala - Elephants

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

thanks

ric


On Dec 18, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> The elephants at Yala are quite extraordinary, they just burst upon you 
> from
> the surrounding vegetation, making for very close encounters, which at 
> times
> can be quite stressful - because if there is one animal in our jungles 
> whose
> behaviour I don't quite trust, it is the wild elephant. In fact the closest
> encounter in this trip was when a full grown cow elephant came and stood
> right behind the jeep in a defensive posture, so that her young calves 
> could
> cross the road behind her. She was so close (about 5 feet from me, adjacent
> to the vehicle) that I did not dare take photographs for fear it might 
> spook
> her!
> 
> Anyway the final set of photographs from Yala are of elephants:
> 
> Emerging from the vegetation:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ0951-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Startled youngster:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ0958-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Mother and (very young) child:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ1019-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> A wary eye:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ1270-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> C&C always welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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