Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There were some shots in Kaziranga which were taken at 18-35mm or so on the Nikon 18-200VR from elephant back - where you can get real close, and really don't need anything over 150mm: Wild Water Buffalo: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/kaziranga/Buffaloes-2.jpg.html Hog Deer: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/kaziranga/Hog-Deer-2.jpg.html Swamp Deer: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/kaziranga/Barasingha-2.jpg.html Rhino & Swamp Deer: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/kaziranga/Rhino-and-Deer.jpg.html Cheers Jayanand On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:44 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: >> At 02:58 PM 5/6/2009, you wrote: >>> >>> The ultra wide wildlife specialists are all dead. >>> Just like the number one mushroom collector expert guy. >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >> >> Ultra-wide angle of lions: >> >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/40607394 >> >> Luckily they were sound asleep ;-) Somewhere I have a wide angle of an >> even more dangerous animal - a rhino. ?Can't find it right now, though. >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com > > > All of Jayanand's marvelous tiger shots have had me looking for various > shots from South Africa. Unfortunately, as with most visitors, I only had a > few days of wildlife viewing. > > This guy wasn't asleep, but he and his two brothers had lately finished off > a buffalo and was uninterested in moving, let alone hunting. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/various/S_Afr+Lion1.jpg.html > > It was quite dark; 35mm Summilux on an M6, wide open at 1/15sec. > > -- > > ? * ? ? ? ? ? ?Henning J. Wulff > ?/|\ ? ? ?Wulff Photography & Design > ?/###\ ? mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > ?|[ ]| ? ? http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >