Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, Jay, Cedric, Philippe Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Cedric Agie <cedric.agie at gmail.com> wrote: > Again beautifull pictures. I love these cranes. > > I had the chance to meet such African cranebirds a few years ago. They > evidently saw me and I could approach them after some time without > problems to take several pictures. I had the impression they liked to > be admired and seemed to start a catwalk before my lens, they gave me > a real show. > > I had the same experience with another species "Ciconia Ciconia" i.e. > the white ones you see in most coastal areas in Europe. Just at the > end of summer they migrate to Africa. Even 6 months old birds cross > Europe from North to South in just 2 days. It's a real pleasure to > observe and photograph them. Sometimes they even paraded before my > camera like the Swiss Guards in Rome in front of the Vatican when they > see tourists with cameras. > > They are not like their cousins, the black ones "Cicogna Nigra" who > live in the woods. They are shy, avoid the presence of humans and even > hate to be observed or photographed. I never succeeded in > photographing them because you can only see them when they are in > their nest, so you better leave them alone. Biologists thougt they had > almost disappeared from Europe. One day when I was out hunting in the > woods I saw a couple and their nest. I immediatley left the place. I > said his to an official guard I knew well. We could keep it secret for > about 10 years. Over the years the population grew discreetly in this > forest. They were finally discovered by so called ecologists who > started a real pilgrimage. The birds disappeared and never came back. > > Regards > > Cedric > > 2013/3/24 Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com>: > > All are wonderful, this one especially so! > > > > Jay > > > > On 3/23/2013 9:17 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> > >> Family Portrait: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03739.jpg.html > >> > >> > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > > > > > > -- > > Jay, > > > > Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> > > "A photographer is simply someone who is > > looking for something that can't be found. > > The photograph is the record of that attempt." > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >