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Subject: [Leica] Africa - Okavango Delta continued
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:38:19 -0400
References: <AANLkTinM_rO4Cj=SL8wjQDYhL0zDuVUzRB2_0JM3chTM@mail.gmail.com>

delicious stuff

ric


On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:35 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:

> Each morning while we were there we would walk out across the islands
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img210a.jpg.html
> which we had reached, of course, by Mokoro:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img242a.jpg.html
> for which there was ample parking space:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img446a.jpg.html
> 
> These little water craft can even be used to access the washing to
> retrieve it: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img451a.jpg.html
> and to sneak up on critters:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img920a.jpg.html
> I had to change from a 75 mm lens to a 35 mm lens just to fit this big
> fella in the frame.  My mokoro poler made all sorts of small but
> frantic gestures when I got out onto the bank and slowly got closer
> and closer.  The elephant never knew I was there, and walked away a
> few seconds later. I was probably lucky to have the breeze in my face.
> 
> Leica MP and M7, 35/1.4 asph, 50/2 Hexanon, yellow filter, Plus-X and
> Tri-X in Xtol 1+3.
> 
> Comments etc welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marty
> 
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