[Leica] Hyacinth Macaws and Caiman

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Jim, Ric, Luis
Thanks for looking.

Luis, the caiman had just caught the fish seconds before (I have that shot,
too, but it is quite prosaic), and was tossing it in its mouth to align it
for swallowing when I got this shot. If you look carefully, you will see
the blood on the roof of the caiman's mouth, as well as on the fish. It is
still quite dramatic, just not as dramatic as you think it is! This was
actually taken with my " slow" camera, the D800E, which really feels like
driving a tricycle after using the D500, which feels like a Porsche, as far
as photographing action is concerned.

Cheers
Jayanand!

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 9:20 PM, lluisripollphotography <
lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jayanand,
>
> I love your wildlife pictures because they are different to the usual
> images we see, your captures are decisive moment telling us the everyday
> life moments, on these ones I’ve loved all of them, specially Couple, Scrap
> etc… but when I’ve saw the last one of the Caiman catching a fish …! I was
> astonished, a great image my friend, you are a Master!
>
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
>
>
>
> > El 5 set 2016, a les 8:16, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> va
> escriure:
> >
> > One of the places we stayed in, Hotel Porto Jofre had a huge number of
> palm
> > trees planted, and they were a magnet for Hyacinth Macaws. We would get
> up
> > in the morning with a symphonic cacophony orchestrated by Hyacinth Macaws
> > and Caracaras! The Hyacinth Macaws were very agile, and always raucously
> > squabbling, which made for interesting photography:
> >
> > Hyacinth Macaw:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160814-5603.jpg.html
> >
> > Couple:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160814-5788.jpg.html
> >
> > Scrap:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160819-14317.jpg.html
> >
> > Spat:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160819-14317.jpg.html
> >
> > Squabble:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/untitled-20160819-14153.jpg.html
> >
> > the Hotel Porto Jofre was on the banks of the Cuiaba River, the prime
> spot
> > for jaguar watching. One of the streams leading off the river was teeming
> > with caiman, so we promptly dubbed it "Caiman Alley". A couple of shots
> > from there:
> >
> > Sunset Caiman:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160817-10441.jpg.html
> >
> > To Catch A Fish:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/
> Pantanal/Pantanal-20160818-13081.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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