Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) Nicely shot in any circumstances :-) Amiti?s PHilippe Le 22 mars 13 ? 03:01, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit : > Ric,Jim,Cedric,Nathan > Thanks for looking. Nathan, as I belonged to the same tribe all my > working > life, it is only logical that I would know how to photograph them! (-: > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Nathan Wajsman > <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> Actually, based on the title I assumed that your post was about the >> bank >> managers or other financial types in the City and on Wall Street. >> In any >> event, the photos are excellent. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >>> By oversight (and sleepiness) I inadvertently sent these to the >>> Forum. >>> Anyway, here they are, Lappet-faced Vultures at Amboseli. >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>> Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:05 PM >>> Subject: Lappet-faced Vultures >>> To: "LUG forum: for off-topic arguments" <forum at leica-users.org>, >>> PSM < >>> psm1857 at googlegroups.com> >>> >>> >>> I have just returned from a longish trip to Amboseli National Park >>> and Ol >>> Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya and Ndutu Conservation Area in >>> Tanzania. To >>> start the photographs off, here are some studies of Lappet-faced >> Vultures, >>> the largest vultures in Africa, in Amboseli. They are also the only >>> vultures that can cut through the hide of a carcass, so other >>> vultures, >> on >>> finding a carcass to scavenge, would have to wait for these >>> vultures to >>> turn up to open up the body. >>> >>> A couple were building a nest, so, every now and then, one of them >>> would >>> buzz off and return with a twig - surprisingly, they would search >>> for a >>> particular type of twig on the ground and then pick it up and >>> return. >> This >>> gave us the opportunity to stake out the nest for a few sorties >>> (after >>> which they both flew off, ostensibly to eat), and photograph them >>> landing >>> on the nest on top of an tree: >>> >>> Landing: >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03085.jpg.html >>> >>> Glide: >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03089.jpg.html >>> >>> Approach: >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03091.jpg.html >>> >>> Flight: >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03318.jpg.html >>> >>> Flap: >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03090.jpg.html >>> >>> Please see LARGE. >>> >>> Comments and criticism, as ever, 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE