Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] Yala - Elephants
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:44:34 +0100
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Wonderful images, the last one is my favorite

cheers
Lluis


El 19/12/2010, a las 4:06, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:

> 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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