[Leica] Lolita the Cheetah

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Howard you could not ask for a bertter setup for these, smooth background
behind and wonderful animal cooperating.
You must have been thrilled.
I wonder whether Jayand was actually holding up a leg of Antelope behind
your hat.

Cheers
Geoff

*Lighting- eyes- action*
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 20 October 2011 23:48, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> My Macbook is still in the Genius Bar hospital so I am having to improvise
> with my Safari editing.
>
> Apple promised a 1 - 3 day turn around and we are now on Day 11 - lack of
> spare parts - Steve would not be pleased.
> I have turned to my MacBook Air and started to (slowly) process on it with
> CS 4 from my backup disk.
>
> Here are three photos of Lolita the Cheetah. She started the day on a far
> hill on top of a jeep and our guide would not drive off track so we could
> get close enough to get the money picture - although everyone else did. We
> were, however, rewarded for following the rules when she walked over the
> hill, which we quickly drove around, and came to rest on a rock just a few
> yards from us:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/Cheetah1W.jpg.html>
>
> She settled in and I talked to her and she responded by taking up poses
> like the professional model that she really is:
>
> Pose One:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/Cheetah2W.jpg.html>
>
> Pose Two:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/Cheetah3W.jpg.html>
>
> I took another 300 or so pictures before everyone became hungry enough to
> force me away for breakfast.
>
> One of my most satisfying safari encounters. C&C always welcome. Please
> look large.
>
> Howard (back in sunny, polluted, Hong Kong)
>
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