Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Such awesome animals, so beautifully photographed! I love them all, but especially Royalty and the Ndutu mother and cub. As for water, I too generally avoid it, especially when I am in Brussels (as is the case right now), with all the great beer on offer here ;-) Cheers, Nathan On 8 Apr 2014, at 19:17, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > More from our Tanzanian trip. The "endless plains" of the Central Serengeti > are broken in places by lava outcrops called Kopjes, which are perfect > strategic lookouts and usually populated by prides of lions: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140311_3148.jpg.html > > Near Seronara, the administrative centre of the Serengeti, we chanced upon > a couple of lionesses (one of them was one-eyed) up a tree - as we > photographed them, a mild dust storm came through: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140311_3133.jpg.html > > Nearby we spied Royalty atop a hillock: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140311_2726.jpg.html > > Back in Ndutu (Southern Serengeti) we saw this mother and cub: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140307_0479.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140307_0500.jpg.html > > Lions hate water, and these were making it very apparent in their > reluctance to crossing a very shallow stream: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4214.jpg.html > > On another game drive we chanced upon a Cheetah with two very young cubs: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140312_3914.jpg.html > > A couple of adult giraffes also checked them out: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140312_3939.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140312_3985.jpg.html > > A very healthy Spotted Hyena scavenging: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140310_1949.jpg.html > > Lastly, a novel way to rest - I have never seen this method before!: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140308_0880.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/