Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, Actually the Topi were quite far back and the lion was probably not in their threat zone - the visual compressionof a telephoto is at work here. Topi are also possibly the fastest of the large antelopes as well, so they would take liberties that a Zebra or Wildebeest would not. There are also signs that big cats give out - for example, a leopard with its tail up moving across open areas signifies that it is not hunting. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 5:48 AM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > I wonder if the topi sensed that the lion had eaten? > Cheers > Howard > > > Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:41:48 +0530 > > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > > Subject: [Leica] Lion and Topi > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>, PSM > > <psm1857 at googlegroups.com> > > > > Two studies of Lion and Topi together in the same frame: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1155Maraa.JPG.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1169Maraa.JPG.html > > > > One of a solitary Topi: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110917_1149Maraa.JPG.html > > > > Comments and criticism welcome! > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >