Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking! The point is that photographs of animals and birds get better, as well as easier to take, with basic understanding of their behaviour! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:40 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > The excellence of your photos is really enhanced by your explanations of > the behaviour of the cats. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 30 Sep 2018, at 06:51, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > > > Leopards in the Masai Mara. We got plenty of sightings on the trip, but > it > > was basically two of them, Kaboso and Mahala, and the former's two > juvenile > > cubs. > > > > *Kaboso* > > > > We first saw Kaboso and her two cubs briefly on a walkabout: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180910-816.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180910-781.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180910-788.jpg.html > > > > Later during the trip we saw the female cub catch and disable a hare, but > > without a clue on how to kill it. It practiced all its hunting moves on > the > > traumatized and hapless hare, bouncing, leaping, jumping, etc., and > finally > > trotted away into the trees with it, no doubt, to mummy for the swift > > execution: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180911-1592.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180911-1629.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180911-1676.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180911-1677.jpg.html > > > > Our final sighting of Kaboso was when she emerged from tree cover, and > > warily made her way across open grassland to a spot where vultures were > > beginning to circle. She was going to the carcass of a male impala she > had > > killed earlier, in order to move it into tree cover, nervous about the > > vultures. It took her around 90 minutes to move the carcass, which > weighed > > more than she did, a distance of 1.5-2 kilometres, in the hot sun. A feat > > that bears ample testimony to the strength and stamina of a leopard in > her > > prime! > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-5882.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-5745.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-6145.jpg.html > > > > We saw Mahala only once, when she was on a territorial marking walkabout. > > She had small cubs, but she did not bring them out with her. She did > climb > > a tree, from which I have a few photographs: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-6961.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-7018.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-7102.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-4201.jpg.html > > > > For those who have url problems, here is a link to the first photograph > in > > the series - and on to the end: > > > > https://tinyurl.com/ya6tbtca > > > > 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 >