Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Beautiful creatures, beautifully photographed. I like the eagles, of > course, but also very much the guinea-fowl at the end. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 14 Apr 2014, at 17:40, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Still on the Ndutu trip - as a respite from mammals here are some > > photographs of birds, starting with eagles. By far the most common bird > of > > prey that you see in the East African grasslands is the Tawny Eagle. It > is > > a very accommodating bird for photographers, inasmuch as it lets you get > > close. The first three are a sequence of a Tawny Eagle getting ready to > fly > > off: > > > > Look: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20120107_0053.jpg.html > > > > Poop: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20120107_0056.jpg.html > > > > Fly: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20120107_0058.jpg.html > > > > Lastly, just a portrait: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140314_5768.jpg.html > > > > A very handsome eagle is the Long-crested Eagle, with a rakish tuft of > > feathers on the head: > > > > Calling: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4482.jpg.html > > > > Take Off: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6168.jpg.html > > > > Flight: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6170.jpg.html > > > > Finally, the Bateleur, unmistakable with its short, stubby tail and white > > underwings, a master of low level flight: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140314_5394.jpg.html > > > > A last raptor, the wonderfully named Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_5003.jpg.html > > > > The next two photograph are of Bustards. one small, and one the biggest: > > > > White-bellied Bustard: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140310_2031.jpg.html > > > > A Male Kori Bustard in full display: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5829.jpg.html > > > > Lastly, one of the commonest birds in East Africa, a Helmeted > Guinea-fowl: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140314_5305.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 > > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >