[Leica] More From Ndutu

[leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)]

All fabulous, but this one is extraordinary:

 > - a horde of the supremely graceful Grant's Gazelles in the early 
morning light:
 >
 > 
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica2014Ndutu_20140311_2694.jpg.html

Jay

On 4/18/2014 9:41 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> The photos go on...Firstly, the last installment of Cheetahs - as I
> mentioned, you see a lot of them in action, as they are active in the
> daytime, compared to other predators, so more photographs of them! It does
> help that they are so beautiful and photogenic as well! The first one is of
> a Cheetah scanning for prey from cover behind a bush:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140308_0962.jpg.html
>
> Two of an expressive Cheetah waking up from a nap:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140308_1001.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140308_1011.jpg.html
>
> The next is of an anxious female looking furtively around while wolfing
> down her kill. There were two other females, with two and three cubs
> respectively within a kilometer of her position - one of the groups chased
> her off the territory shorty after I took this:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140310_2164.jpg.html
>
> Finally, the last seconds before a kill. Our driver had positioned us
> rather well, now, if only the wildebeest calf had turned the other way, it
> would have been THE perfect position for photography. But like most things
> in wildlife photography, it was not to be:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140310_2329.jpg.html
>
> Now, for some herbivores, with plenty of interesting and attractive skies
> - a horde of the supremely graceful Grant's Gazelles in the early morning
> light:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140311_2694.jpg.html
>
> A general Ndutu landscape:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6071.jpg.html
>
> Zebras and a giraffe near a rivulet, also very typical Ndutu habitat that
> breaks up the open grasslands:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4864.jpg.html
>
> A male giraffe periodically kept checking out a receptive female:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4541.jpg.html
>
> He was also extremely possessive when other males came to check out the
> scene, and kept herding her away:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4891.jpg.html
>
> Reflection of a duo:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4957.jpg.html
>
> Giraffes, commonly,  also chew and lick exposed bones from carcasses of
> other animals lying around, I would guess to ingest some calcium:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140307_0417.jpg.html
>
> Pleas see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand