Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] Training Session
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:38:47 +0530
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Steve, Cedric, Nathan, Douglas, Ric, Gene
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand



On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 4:00 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Nice set Jayanand.  Really like the second photo.
>
> Cheers,
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "PSM" <
> psm1857 at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:49:21 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Leica] Training Session
>
> One of the more interesting experiences in Ndutu this year was watching a
> Mother Cheetah capture an adolescent Thomson's Gazelle alive in order to
> train her two biggish cubs in the art of the chase and kill. They were not
> old enough to kill outright, but they would chase the poor Tommy, catch it,
> let it go again and repeated this a few times before the mother dispatched
> it, and they had their fill:
>
> Capture:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08177-Edit.jpg.html
>
> The chases were difficult to predict, and usually took place some distance
> away, but finally, the predator and prey came towards our vehicle. I am
> posting two shots - the first has the focus on the prey, and the second on
> the predator, and I cant decide which looks better:
>
> Chase 1:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08138.jpg.html
>
> Chase 2:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08139.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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