Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, Cedric, Nathan, Douglas, Ric, Gene Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 4:00 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > Nice set Jayanand. Really like the second photo. > > Cheers, > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "PSM" < > psm1857 at googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:49:21 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: [Leica] Training Session > > One of the more interesting experiences in Ndutu this year was watching a > Mother Cheetah capture an adolescent Thomson's Gazelle alive in order to > train her two biggish cubs in the art of the chase and kill. They were not > old enough to kill outright, but they would chase the poor Tommy, catch it, > let it go again and repeated this a few times before the mother dispatched > it, and they had their fill: > > Capture: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08177-Edit.jpg.html > > The chases were difficult to predict, and usually took place some distance > away, but finally, the predator and prey came towards our vehicle. I am > posting two shots - the first has the focus on the prey, and the second on > the predator, and I cant decide which looks better: > > Chase 1: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08138.jpg.html > > Chase 2: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08139.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 >