Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yup! +1 Could either you Jayanand or Alastair also comment on the noise or din if any there? Amities Philippe Le 25 mars 14 ? 05:10, Craig Semetko a ?crit : > Hey Jayanand, > > Wow! Looks like you all had a heckuva trip! The shots of the > elephants by you and Alastair are fascinating, and the fight must?ve > been incredible to see. Congrats on some great shots and glad you > had such a great time! > > cheers, > > craig > > > On Mar 24, 2014, at 8:38 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" >> <psm-1857 at googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 7:40 PM >> Subject: [Leica] Bullfight >> >> >>> One of the rare and unusual sights that we were privileged to see on >>> the trip to Ndutu was a serious dominance/territorial fight between >>> two bull elephants. The whole episode took place around 1.00 pm, so >>> the light was pretty hard. It took its time, with the two elephants, >>> the older one with half a tusk, and the younger one with two long >>> pristine tusks, facing each other, moving back and forth - I never >>> knew elephants could move backwards before this, and with such >>> complete surety at that! Suddenly, from time to time, one of them >>> would turn to a tree close by and rip off and break a trunk on the >>> tree: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1523.jpg.html >>> >>> At some point after a lot of posturing, the younger one gave >>> himself a >>> dust bath: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1536.jpg.html >>> >>> This seemed to infuriate the elder, who wasted no time in joining >>> battle: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1540.jpg.html >>> >>> The fight was well and truly on, with the elder one using superior >>> strategy, power and strength: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1546.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1549.jpg.html >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1554.jpg.html >>> >>> After a short and brutal fight, they disengaged: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1566.jpg.html >>> >>> It was obvious that the elder had carried the day. After some more >>> posturing around a pond, the younger one lost his nerve and galloped >>> away, chased by the elder till he thought that the lesson had been >>> served. We were hoping that the winner would mount the loser, >>> which is >>> the way bull elephants exhibit dominance, but no such luck! >>> >>> Please see LARGE >>> >>> Comments and criticism, as ever, most welcome >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE