[Leica] Arboreal Acrobatics

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Dear Jayanand,
These are a delightful sequence. When is your book coming out?
Cheers
Howard (who is looking forward to Ranthambhore)
> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:37:18 +0530
> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Arboreal Acrobatics
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org,
> 
> I have just returned from a magical trip to the parks of Northern
> Tanzania - Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ndutu, Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
> There were many highlights, but for me, one of the best was spending
> over 1.5 hours in broad daylight with a leopard and her two full grown
> male cubs towards the end of the trip in Serengeti. Serengeti has some
> of the most restrictive viewing conditions of any Wildlife Refuge that
> I have been in (no off roading, very few roads, huge area, etc), but
> despite this it rained leopards there. We spent two sessions with this
> trio, one long and one short, this series is from the first long one,
> as they gamboled friskily on trees. This is a series where one of the
> male cubs suddenly popped up above its mother, leapt to a lower
> branch, literally bounced once and was gone! I probably should have
> reduced the sequence further, but what the heck, I liked all the
> shots!
> 
> Look: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09048.jpg.html
> 
> Take Off: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09049.jpg.html
> 
> Landing: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09050.jpg.html
> 
> Balance: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09051.jpg.html
> 
> Bounce: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09052.jpg.html
> 
> Gone: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09055.jpg.html
> 
> Please see large.
> 
> Comments and criticism, as usual, most welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>