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Subject: [Leica] Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:27:38 +0530
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Thanks to Bob, Ric and Luis for looking.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Lluis Ripoll
<lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote:

> These are very nice and good shots my friend, all impressive, but I like
> very much "The Look"
>
> Saludos
> Lluis
>
>
> El 15/12/2010, a las 5:54, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:
>
>  The park, on the south east coast of Sri Lanka, is arguably the best place
>> I
>> have visited for seeing leopards - because they are at the top of the food
>> chain here, they are not very shy. They are relatively easy to see, but
>> again not very easy to photograph, as the vehicles cannot get close to the
>> trees they are usually draped on, due to the thick, scrubby vegetation,
>> and
>> a very strictly enforced policy of not straying from the designated roads.
>> This park was used by LTTE guerrillas during the civil war, and has really
>> reopened in practical terms only in 2009. Some shots of a couple that were
>> just about close and clear enough to photograph - all the shots have been
>> cropped - all taken with the Nikon D300 with the 200-400 + 1.4x TC:
>>
>> Sunset shots:
>>
>> Grooming -
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGR5078-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> The Look -
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGR5096.jpg.html
>>
>> Eye Contact -
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGR5118.jpg.html
>>
>>
>> Early morning, minutes after sunrise:
>>
>> Yawn - http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGR5136.jpg.html
>>
>> Curious Stare -
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGR5140.jpg.html
>>
>> C&C, as ever, welcome
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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