Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought I might have been Will ;-) > On March 24, 2014 at 11:24 PM Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > If you think Alastair was at risk, imagine how Will felt! > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 25 March 2014 11:07, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > > > Fair dues, I'd have shit myself!!! > > > > > > > Yeah, especially if he's "mating at will." > > > > > > > > > > > > Great pic too! > > > > > > Douglas > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "afirkin" <afirkin at afirkin.com> > > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:47 AM > > > Subject: [Leica] Close encounters of the hairy kind > > > > > > > > > > > > This is Gihishamwotsi, the beta silverback in the Sabyinyo group. The > > >> leader is > > >> very old now and Gihishamwotsi is 'mating' pretty much at will now, so > > is > > >> effectively taking over the family. He was lying in a bamboo clearing > > >> in > > >> the > > >> dark jungle of zone 2 as I was photographing him. He got up and began > > >> walking > > >> towards me: > > >> > > >> http://tinyurl.com/nsalzpv > > >> > > >> after this shot I stopped 'shooting' and assumed the submissive > > >> position > > >> as > > >> 200kgs of muscle brushed past my left arm. Quite a thrill, and to be > > >> honest I > > >> did not feel scared, as they are such gentle creatures and don't see > > >> us > > >> as a > > >> threat. > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> > > >> Alastair > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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