[Leica] East Africa

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

Jay,


there are quite awesome, beautiful, incredible images you are showing us...




Steve




On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:53 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> A last one from Amboseli - it is really heartwarming too see mature
> elephants with HUGE tusks in the wild - just the mere fact that they have
> not been poached thrilled me:
> 
> Big Mama:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_02805.jpg.html
> 
> Then we went on to Ndutu from Amboseli - 6 hours drive across the
> Kenya-Tanzania border, followed by a one hour flight from Arusha. Ndutu was
> like a dust bowl - obviously it had not rained at all - it reminded me of
> Bandhavgarh in April-May! It was also obvious that we were early this year
> - no rain means no migrating herds, which in turn means not many animals
> and not much action:
> 
> Dust:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130304_05951.jpg.html
> 
> We came across a couple of Silver-backed Jackals at the carcass of a young
> zebra - as is usually the case, they were quite easily keeping the vultures
> at bay till they had eaten their fill:
> 
> Veil of Flies:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130304_05373.jpg.html
> 
> Stretch:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130304_05392.jpg.html
> 
> Confrontation:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130304_05433.jpg.html
> 
> We saw a few lion prides, as usual doing nothing, and did not see a single
> cub. Judging by this, next year might be better:
> 
> Seduction:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130306_07486.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE.
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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