Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/03

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Subject: [Leica] Rainforest Continued
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:18:51 +0530

A few more shots from Valparai:

1. Nilgiri Langur, a canopy dweller. Very shy and reclusive, they bolt at
the sight of humans due to a long history of being hunted for meat. Makes
them quite difficult to photograph well:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGA9739.jpg.html

2. Malabar or Indian Giant Squirrel - a large canopy dwelling squirrel found
in the southern half of the country:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3344.jpg.html


3. Great Indian Hornbill - two shots of this most majestic and photogenic
bird in flight - though the ground looks like pristine rainforest, it is
actually tea and coffee plantations full of trees imported from Africa &
Australia - not great for the endemic species. This is basically because
species like African Tulip and Eucalyptus can be harvested without the
forest department's permission, and endemic varieties need the permission.
The plantation owners, most of whom have scant regard for the environment
anyway, naturally choose short term profit instead of long term health of a
habitat:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGA9691.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGA9702.jpg.html

Comments and criticism, as always, welcome.

Cheers
Jayanand


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