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Subject: [Leica] Kenyan Safari Samburu Lions
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 10:44:25 -0500
References: <mailman.370.1313750537.1067.lug@leica-users.org> <5976DE9D-E05F-4C11-9D58-7086BB685304@netvigator.com>

Nice, Howard, but I vote for Esther's action shot.  Thanks for sharing.;~)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 9:15 AM
Subject: [Leica] Kenyan Safari Samburu Lions


> Hello Luggers,
> As Alastair has already posted we have been on a two week safari in  Kenya 
> and are just now getting home to Hong Kong after post Safari  stops in 
> London and Rome.
> Esther and I took 10,000 pictures in Kenya between us and now the task  to 
> sift these down to a precious few will take some time.
> Here is a start. On the first day we flew from Wilson airport in  Nairobi 
> to Samburu and in the afternoon saw our first lion. He was  lazy. This 
> fellow was unusual - male but without a mane.
> Here's Esther's take:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/SamburuLionYawnw.jpg.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3j8dfkp
>
> and here is mine:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Kenya/WakingLionw.jpg.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3gj6vcg
>
> My photo is a 3 panel pano taken with the GH2 and the 100 - 300  stitched 
> together with CS4
> The original is 31.7 MB and would produce a 11" X 29" print at 300 ppi.
>
> The equipment used by the group divided into Panasonics (Henning,  Tanya, 
> Esther and me) Nikons (everyone else except Helen and her  trusty Olympus 
> E3 - although sometimes she was using Alastair's D7000).
>
> C&C always welcome - please look large.
>
> Cheers
>
> Howard
>
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