[Leica] Big Cats

[montoid at earthlink.net (Montie)]

All good. The first one should go in your bag of special shots. ;-)

Montie

>Some of the shots of Big Cats - lions and leopards were thin on the ground,
>but Cheetahs were plentiful - also helped by the fact that the latter are
>very active by the day, mainly because lions and hyenas are not - much less
>chance of having their kill stolen.
>
>To start with a lioness behaving like any member of the cat family:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ol_Pejeta_20130315_09874.jpg.html
>
>We only saw only one leopard the whole trip, and that too late in the
>evening at dusk on the first day out at Ndutu. Here are a couple of
>studies, taken with a big telephoto married to a teleconverter, wide open
>at ISO6400:
>
>Yawn:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130302_04312.jpg.html
>
>Descent:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130302_04319.jpg.html
>
>However, the biggest sustained interest of our trip were Cheetahs, of which
>we saw more than 20, including a lot of playful cubs. Here are some shots
>to start things off:
>
>Yawns are contagious even for male cheetahs:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130304_06020.jpg.html
>
>The late evening kill:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130304_06115.jpg.html
>
>A mother and two cubs slaking their thirst:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130304_05637-Edit.jpg.html
>
>Two cubs playing on a tree:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130306_06666-Edit.jpg.html
>
>A downpour is no deterrent for energetic cubs:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130306_07521.jpg.html
>
>Please see LARGE
>
>Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
>Cheers
>Jayanand
>
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