[Leica] Jaguars Part 1

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Jim, Luis

Thanks for looking.

Luis, actually I used a different system altogether, going for a light lens
(300mm f4) mated to a APS-C body (Nikon D500), which really gave me reach
of a 450mm f4 equivalent. If I needed more, I put a 1.4x teleconverter on,
which made it the equivalent of a 630mm f5.6 lens - compact, light and
easily handholdable! I was lucky that Nikon released a pro level,
wildlife/sports oriented, APS-C body, the D500, at just the right time for
this trip.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 5:44 AM, lluisripollphotography <
lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jayanand,
>
> Fantastic images of these nice animals! I see you have used great
> telephotos, maybe more powerful than the ones you use i.e. for tigers, I
> suppose that Jaguars are more dangerous.
>
>
> I like very much the Mating Pair, Rest 1 & 2, and the last one in B&W
>
> Great work!
>
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
>
>
>
>
> > El 12 set 2016, a les 6:55, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> > va
> escriure:
> >
> > These are photographs taken of jaguars in and around the Cuiaba River,
> > taken from motorboats, the core objective of our photo safari. We saw
> quite
> > a few, but surprisingly all males, except for one female who was there as
> > part of a mating pair. The Pantanal sub species is the largest of the
> > jaguar, mainly due to abundant large prey, mainly Capybara, Marsh Deer,
> > Caiman and Cattle - the last because most of the Pantanal has very poor
> > soil, only fit only for grazing, so the place is full of cattle ranches,
> > and has been for close to 200 years, so cattle has become entrenched as a
> > core part of the Pantanal Jaguar's diet. Overall, the jaguar, like the
> > leopard in Africa/Asia, is an opportunist and will eat practically
> anything
> > edible that comes its way.
> >
> > We will start with a jaguar locally called Mick Jaguar, because of a
> rakish
> > look due to something wrong with one of his eyes. He is the jaguar who
> > stalked, attacked and killed a caiman in front of many boats, and the
> video
> > footage of which went viral a couple of years ago. His eye problem does
> not
> > hinder his hunting apparently, as can be seen from his full belly in the
> > second shot:
> >
> > Resting:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160818-12318.jpg.html
> >
> > Full Belly:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160818-12166.jpg.html
> >
> > This is the only female I saw, as one half of a mating pair:
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9994.jpg.html
> >
> > A male on purposeful walkabout, who then descended down to water's edge
> to
> > have a drink, but seemed slightly put off by commotion caused by the
> boats
> > around him:
> >
> > Walkabout:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9192.jpg.html
> >
> > Rest 1:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160816-8917.jpg.html
> >
> > Rest 2:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9000.jpg.html
> >
> > Another male on walkabout on the river's edge, in altogether better
> light.
> > He was part of another mating pair, but we only got glimpses of the
> female,
> > as she stayed hidden in the tall grass in the background
> >
> > Movement:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9346.jpg.html
> >
> > Eye Contact:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160816-9365.jpg.html
> >
> > Late in the evening one day, we saw this big boy totally at ease with
> > himself - and the commotion caused by the flotilla of boats in front of
> him!
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160819-13380.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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