Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > I love the two play pics at the end. The others are good too, but need > your explanations. Those two don't. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 4, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > Last photographs of the Duma (Cheetah in Swahili) - a couple have small > > little stories attached to them: > > > > This cub, very unwisely, decided to chase an adult warthog, but the > tables > > were turned in an instant, and he just about made it, with seconds to > > spare, to the security of the tree and escaped a mauling. The shock was > > still visible on his face! We were too far away to photograph the chase, > > but we arrived as the cub reached the succor of the tree: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130305_06483-Edit.jpg.html > > > > These two cubs were actually eying a severely hamstrung, unmoving full > > grown wildebeest about 50 yards away (unfortunately, I was not carrying a > > wide angle lens with me on that day). The cubs were too small to help the > > mother, who in turn was incapable of killing the large prey by herself. > In > > time, they just moved away. We saw the dead carcass untouched by a > predator > > the next day: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130306_06946-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Play: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130308_08479.jpg.html > > > > To me, this is Africa - rolling grasslands with animals in warm light > > accentuated by crisp, clean air after a torrential downpour! > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130308_08479.jpg.html > > > > Please see LARGE > > > > 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 >