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Subject: [Leica] Masai Mara
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Sep 30 21:15:55 2008

beautiful set of photos, Jayanand.  My favorites are all Cheetahs, the first 
of the first set and the second of this set.  Thanks for showing us.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 30, 2008 8:32 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Masai Mara
>
>Thanks to all for checking the photos out and commenting. Frank, I will try
>a squarish format on the first one and post it. Almost 95% of the
>photographs were shot with the VR on but on a beanbag - in East Africa, the
>Land Rovers and Landcruisers used for the safaris are designed for beanbags!
>This was an unusually good season to find the big cats - through years of
>going into India's jungles, I had never seen a leopard - here I saw 7 in 12
>days. Bliss!
>
>Here, then is the next set, sticking with carnivores:
>
>Lions are easily the most boring animals on safari, they are generally
>sleeping all the time:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080909-1058.jpg.html
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080912-1868.jpg.html
>
>Three leopards:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080913-1890a.jpg.html
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080913-1929.jpg.html
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080917-2868.jpg.html
>
>And finally an elusive Bat Eared Fox:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080915-2334.jpg.html
>
>All L'Nikon D300 with 200-400+1.4TC except Leopard2 which was shot with a
>L'Nikon D40X with 70-200.
>
>Comments, suggestions and criticism welcome as always.
>Cheers
>Jayanand
>
>On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:00 AM, Richard S. Taylor <
>r.s.taylor_post@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Jayanand - Terrific, the first two and the fifth in particular.  Handheld
>> with VR by any chance?
>>
>> Masai Mara is indeed magical and it looks like you had great luck finding
>> big game.  The light looks just as I remember it.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please.
>>
>>
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