Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 ric > On Aug 31, 2016, at 1:15 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > Beautiful animal, beautifully photographed. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 27 Aug 2016, at 19:09, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Just returned from the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical freshwater >> wetlands in Brazil spanning the Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul >> provinces, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a curious place. Though >> we imagine the Brazilian ecosystem to be very rich and bursting with life, >> in truth vast tracts of it, like the Pantanal, have soil which is >> nutritionally poor. Therefore the land cannot sustain too many mammals, >> which are scarce and rare, but have resulted in an explosive variety of >> birds who feed on the abundant food in the canopy. I had gone to see and >> photograph the normally shy, reclusive and very secretive Jaguars, because >> a small accessible population of around 25 had got used to humans, and >> would show themselves, practically the only place in the world where this >> is possible. We were lucky that we got one early, at close quarters, on >> the >> banks of an oxbow lake, in a place called Rio Claro, where we had gone to >> photograph birds, and where jaguars are generally never to be seen. We saw >> a few capybara (the world's largest rodent, the size of a well fed pig) >> squealing and frantically swimming across the lake, and when we >> investigated, there she was! In fact, the surprise at seeing a jaguar at >> this place was so great that I forgot to change my settings from those I >> was using to photograph diving/flying White-necked Heron, and so all of >> these are at 1/3200+ @ f8 at ISO 3200, with an EV of -1.67 stops! >> >> Here are four looks at the majestic cat: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160812-2529.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160812-2580.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160812-2594.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160812-2736.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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information