Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Just beautiful--the kitties, the landscapes, the giraffes--I don't know > what to pick. Perhaps the male giraffe checking out the female. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 19 Apr 2014, at 06:41, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >