[Leica] Jaguars Part 1

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Nathan, Douglas
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

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> On 16-Sep-2016, at 03:04, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> They're all great shots, but Eye Contact wins for me, Jayanand.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" <psm-1857 at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 5:55 AM
> Subject: [Leica] Jaguars Part 1
> 
> 
>> 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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