Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What colourful birds, Jayanand. Never seen any of that type before. Maybe I should take my Brazilian fishmonger's advice and see the place. The caiman and the catfish is a great shot. Disappointingly, my fishman doesn't sell catfish: I'll have to wait 'til I get to Brazil. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" <psm-1857 at googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 7:16 AM Subject: [Leica] Hyacinth Macaws and Caiman > One of the places we stayed in, Hotel Porto Jofre had a huge number of > palm > trees planted, and they were a magnet for Hyacinth Macaws. We would get up > in the morning with a symphonic cacophony orchestrated by Hyacinth Macaws > and Caracaras! The Hyacinth Macaws were very agile, and always raucously > squabbling, which made for interesting photography: > > Hyacinth Macaw: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160814-5603.jpg.html > > Couple: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160814-5788.jpg.html > > Scrap: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160819-14317.jpg.html > > Spat: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160819-14317.jpg.html > > Squabble: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/untitled-20160819-14153.jpg.html > > the Hotel Porto Jofre was on the banks of the Cuiaba River, the prime spot > for jaguar watching. One of the streams leading off the river was teeming > with caiman, so we promptly dubbed it "Caiman Alley". A couple of shots > from there: > > Sunset Caiman: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160817-10441.jpg.html > > To Catch A Fish: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160818-13081.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 >