Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Next to Ming, my house cat, the Cheetah is my favorite animal. Herb >Hi Luggers, >My Macbook is still in the Genius Bar hospital so I am having to >improvise with my Safari editing. > >Apple promised a 1 - 3 day turn around and we are now on Day 11 - >lack of spare parts - Steve would not be pleased. >I have turned to my MacBook Air and started to (slowly) process on >it with CS 4 from my backup disk. > >Here are three photos of Lolita the Cheetah. She started the day on >a far hill on top of a jeep and our guide would not drive off track >so we could get close enough to get the money picture - although >everyone else did. We were, however, rewarded for following the >rules when she walked over the hill, which we quickly drove around, >and came to rest on a rock just a few yards from us: > ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/Cheetah1W.jpg.html> > >She settled in and I talked to her and she responded by taking up >poses like the professional model that she really is: > >Pose One: > ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/Cheetah2W.jpg.html> > >Pose Two: > ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/Cheetah3W.jpg.html> > >I took another 300 or so pictures before everyone became hungry >enough to force me away for breakfast. > >One of my most satisfying safari encounters. C&C always welcome. >Please look large. > >Howard (back in sunny, polluted, Hong Kong) > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you.