Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 for the 2nd pic. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Nice sequence! It would seem that a zebra has no "bad side". All of the > shots are great, but the second one seems special. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < > jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" < > psm1857 at googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:34 PM > Subject: [Leica] The Big Fight > > > > Samburu is one of the last holdouts of the endangered Grevy's Zebra, the >> biggest and heaviest of the zebra sub species. We were lucky to witness a >> fight for dominance between two males that went on for some time - these >> involve a lot of action and posturing, but for little or no damage. All >> the >> same it is quite exciting to watch! There were three in the group, but a >> young one wisely kept out of it! >> >> Two males started scrapping in a grove of thorn trees: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/** >> 20110924_0551Samburu.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0551Samburu.jpg.html> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/** >> 20110924_0558Samburua.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0558Samburua.jpg.html> >> >> They came out into the open and continued: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/** >> 20110924_0643Samburua.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0643Samburua.jpg.html> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/** >> 20110924_0678Samburua.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0678Samburua.jpg.html> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/** >> 20110924_0704Samburua.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0704Samburua.jpg.html> >> >> Finally, the victor got to show his dominant status: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/** >> 20110924_0723Samburua.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0723Samburua.jpg.html> >> >> >> Comments and criticism as always, welcome >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- Quan Tran. blog: http://fluxlux.blogspot.com/