Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank Dernie wrote: >They are pretty dangerous animals. Aren't they the largest carnivores on >Earth? I believe Sperm Whales are the only larger carnivores. >I don't remember the precise situation but one of the early photographers >following >an Arctic expedition wrote a description of how an Orca lunged >over the ice near >where he was standing at his tripod, trying to get at >him, presumably for lunch... Franz Lanting has photographed them (IIRC on South Georgia Island) lunging onto a beach to catch penguins. The wave action takes the Orca back into the water. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com