Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric,Jim,Cedric,Nathan Thanks for looking. Nathan, as I belonged to the same tribe all my working life, it is only logical that I would know how to photograph them! (-: Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Actually, based on the title I assumed that your post was about the bank > managers or other financial types in the City and on Wall Street. In any > event, the photos are excellent. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > By oversight (and sleepiness) I inadvertently sent these to the Forum. > > Anyway, here they are, Lappet-faced Vultures at Amboseli. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > > Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:05 PM > > Subject: Lappet-faced Vultures > > To: "LUG forum: for off-topic arguments" <forum at leica-users.org>, PSM > > < > > psm1857 at googlegroups.com> > > > > > > I have just returned from a longish trip to Amboseli National Park and Ol > > Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya and Ndutu Conservation Area in Tanzania. To > > start the photographs off, here are some studies of Lappet-faced > Vultures, > > the largest vultures in Africa, in Amboseli. They are also the only > > vultures that can cut through the hide of a carcass, so other vultures, > on > > finding a carcass to scavenge, would have to wait for these vultures to > > turn up to open up the body. > > > > A couple were building a nest, so, every now and then, one of them would > > buzz off and return with a twig - surprisingly, they would search for a > > particular type of twig on the ground and then pick it up and return. > This > > gave us the opportunity to stake out the nest for a few sorties (after > > which they both flew off, ostensibly to eat), and photograph them landing > > on the nest on top of an tree: > > > > Landing: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03085.jpg.html > > > > Glide: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03089.jpg.html > > > > Approach: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03091.jpg.html > > > > Flight: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03318.jpg.html > > > > Flap: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03090.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE. > > > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >