Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I?m really impressed by your captures, really impressive! Both of the waking up, The End, very nice colors go?f the Gazelles and I love the Reflection Duo The sharpness and quality is outstanding Cheers Lluis El 19/04/2014, a las 06:41, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> escribi?: > The photos go on...Firstly, the last installment of Cheetahs - as I > mentioned, you see a lot of them in action, as they are active in the > daytime, compared to other predators, so more photographs of them! It does > help that they are so beautiful and photogenic as well! The first one is of > a Cheetah scanning for prey from cover behind a bush: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140308_0962.jpg.html > > Two of an expressive Cheetah waking up from a nap: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140308_1001.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140308_1011.jpg.html > > The next is of an anxious female looking furtively around while wolfing > down her kill. There were two other females, with two and three cubs > respectively within a kilometer of her position - one of the groups chased > her off the territory shorty after I took this: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140310_2164.jpg.html > > Finally, the last seconds before a kill. Our driver had positioned us > rather well, now, if only the wildebeest calf had turned the other way, it > would have been THE perfect position for photography. But like most things > in wildlife photography, it was not to be: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140310_2329.jpg.html > > Now, for some herbivores, with plenty of interesting and attractive skies > - a horde of the supremely graceful Grant's Gazelles in the early morning > light: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140311_2694.jpg.html > > A general Ndutu landscape: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6071.jpg.html > > Zebras and a giraffe near a rivulet, also very typical Ndutu habitat that > breaks up the open grasslands: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4864.jpg.html > > A male giraffe periodically kept checking out a receptive female: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4541.jpg.html > > He was also extremely possessive when other males came to check out the > scene, and kept herding her away: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4891.jpg.html > > Reflection of a duo: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4957.jpg.html > > Giraffes, commonly, also chew and lick exposed bones from carcasses of > other animals lying around, I would guess to ingest some calcium: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140307_0417.jpg.html > > Pleas see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information