[Leica] Iguanas and Hawks

[Lluis Ripoll]

Hi Jayanand!

Stuning pictures, difficult subjects, colors of the background are similar to them. What I’m surprised is to see you have used moderate focal lens between 100 and 200 mm …. AFAIK the Iguanas are not big… My favorites are the third and fourth pictures and the first one of the byrd

Cheers
Lluis


> El 13 gen 2019, a les 5:22, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> The next installment of Galapagos wildlife!
> 
> One of the iconic species in the Galapagos is the Iguana. Most know about
> the Marine Iguana, but there is also a Land Iguana which populates the
> interior. Like all the fauna of the Galapagos, they show no fear of humans,
> and anyone can approach them and get very close, though the authorities,
> very sensibly,  have prescribed a limit of 6 feet as the closest that
> tourists are allowed to get to for all the animals/birds there.
> 
> The Marine Iguana is a unique species that has adapted itself to swimming
> and diving in order to harvest the algae it lives on, making it an aquatic
> reptile, and it is endemic to the Galapagos. They are gregarious and live
> in large colonies:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-2590.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181129-5852.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-4077.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-4099.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-4015.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-3910.jpg.html
> 
> Land Iguanas are also endemic to the Galapagos. With fresh water being very
> scarce on the islands, which is the primary reason they never really got
> inhabited by humans, the Land Iguanas primarily live on the prickly pear
> cactus, which gives them all the moisture they need. They are highly
> territorial, and live singly, defending territories:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3296.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3303.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181127-4664.jpg.html
> 
> On Isabela Island, we also ran into a very cooperative Immature Galapagos
> Hawk, which posed for us for around half an hour perched on the same
> branch. This is the raptor species found on the island that is seen
> frequently, though it is thought that only around 200 breeding pairs
> survive. Here are the three studies of junior:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181127-4831.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181127-4869.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181127-4883.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE.
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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