Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, Elephants, wild boar and deer were walking around our resort, which was adjacent to the park. If we wanted to come from out of our cottages, we were advised to check with reception on the animal situation before stepping out! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:16 PM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > > On 19 Dec 2010, at 3:30 AM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:36:42 +0530 >> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> Subject: [Leica] Yala - Elephants >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> The elephants at Yala are quite extraordinary, they just burst upon you >> from >> the surrounding vegetation, making for very close encounters, which at >> times >> can be quite stressful - because if there is one animal in our jungles >> whose >> behaviour I don't quite trust, it is the wild elephant. In fact the >> closest >> encounter in this trip was when a full grown cow elephant came and stood >> right behind the jeep in a defensive posture, so that her young calves >> could >> cross the road behind her. She was so close (about 5 feet from me, >> adjacent >> to the vehicle) that I did not dare take photographs for fear it might >> spook >> her! >> > > Jayanand, > You needed a little GF 1 (like I used for tigers when they were too near > for the long teles when we were in India) to get the close up grab shots!! > A Hong Kong friend of mine taught engineering in Ceylon many years ago and > he doesn't trust elephants either. He was visiting a tea plantation one > time > and the guests were sitting out on the lawn. An elephant walked up on the > lawn, the tea planter got up to shoo it away. The elephant picked up the > planter and flipped him over and pounded his body into the ground - in > front > of the startled guests - until he was dead, threw the body down and > trundled > away. Basis this story you were right to be wary. > The pictures are very good and you have luck getting Moms and off spring > together. Well done, Cheers > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >