Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Thanks for looking - the only animal I am more apprehensive about than macaques are wild elephants! Other monkeys like langurs are peaceful chaps in comparison. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:29 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote: > Macaques : I remember seing many in Agra and Dehli, lots of them in > Katmandu I think - I found them friendly and cheeky at the time, but I > didn't live there ... > > Beautiful views once again Jayanand. > > Such a wonderful country :-) > > Thanks for sharing the beauty of the world. > Amiti?s > Philippe > > > > Le 11 sept. 10 ? 18:09, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit : > > > >> Douglas, George, Jim >> Thanks for looking. The Bonnet Macaque and its cousin the Rhesus Macaque >> are a menace - these two belong to a group of a few wild animals in India >> that I am apprehensive and wary about (I am not scared of big cats at >> all!). >> I have seen them bite people, grab carry bags and food from peoples hands, >> etc. They seem to have zero fear of humans. In fact the Rhesus Macaque >> terrorizes large swathes of our national capital, Delhi, taking advantage >> of >> a normal Hindu's veneration of the monkey god, Hanuman, from one of our >> national epics, the Ramayana. See: >> >> http://vimeo.com/8580955 >> >> >> http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/monkeys-are-machiavellian-too/ >> >> Luckily, the Lion-tailed Macaques seem to be quite peaceful - I was in the >> middle of a group of 30-35, on foot, and they did not seem to mind at all. >> I >> would never ever take that risk with their two cousins! >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net >> >wrote: >> >> Very nice images, Jayanand. Well worth the extra effort. I particularly >>> like the Bronzed Frog. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < >>> jayanand at gmail.com> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 6:42 AM >>> Subject: [Leica] Rainforests >>> >>> >>> One more installment: >>> >>>> >>>> Nilgiri Langur - both in wretched light on a heavily overcast day at >>>> ISO1600: >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR4342B.jpg.html >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR4318.jpg.html >>>> >>>> The Bronzed Frog - illuminated by torchlight, close to midnight: >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGA9595.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Bonnet Macaque - aggressive and dangerous monkey, always found close to >>>> human habitation, exhibits no fear of humans at all: >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3439.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >