Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/15

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Subject: [Leica] Lion and Topi
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:46:35 +0530
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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
>
>
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