Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The second chase shot is pretty amazing. Kind of reminds me of what small domestic cats do with kittens and starlings... How are you liking the 800E? Looks pretty capable... Dante On Mar 28, 2013, at 11:49 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > One of the more interesting experiences in Ndutu this year was watching a > Mother Cheetah capture an adolescent Thomson's Gazelle alive in order to > train her two biggish cubs in the art of the chase and kill. They were not > old enough to kill outright, but they would chase the poor Tommy, catch it, > let it go again and repeated this a few times before the mother dispatched > it, and they had their fill: > > Capture: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08177-Edit.jpg.html > > The chases were difficult to predict, and usually took place some distance > away, but finally, the predator and prey came towards our vehicle. I am > posting two shots - the first has the focus on the prey, and the second on > the predator, and I cant decide which looks better: > > Chase 1: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08138.jpg.html > > Chase 2: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_08139.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