Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just gorgeous, Jayanand. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Mar 15, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I have just returned from a magical trip to the parks of Northern > Tanzania - Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ndutu, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. > There were many highlights, but for me, one of the best was spending > over 1.5 hours in broad daylight with a leopard and her two full grown > male cubs towards the end of the trip in Serengeti. Serengeti has some > of the most restrictive viewing conditions of any Wildlife Refuge that > I have been in (no off roading, very few roads, huge area, etc), but > despite this it rained leopards there. We spent two sessions with this > trio, one long and one short, this series is from the first long one, > as they gamboled friskily on trees. This is a series where one of the > male cubs suddenly popped up above its mother, leapt to a lower > branch, literally bounced once and was gone! I probably should have > reduced the sequence further, but what the heck, I liked all the > shots! > > Look: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09048.jpg.html > > Take Off: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09049.jpg.html > > Landing: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09050.jpg.html > > Balance: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09051.jpg.html > > Bounce: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09052.jpg.html > > Gone: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120309_09055.jpg.html > > Please see large. > > Comments and criticism, as usual, most welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >