Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's magic in this one Jayanand! http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140311_2694.jpg.html Thanks for the whole series. As previously stated to Howard I don't comment much these days but follow when I can, and appreciate, always :-) Amities Philippe Le 20 avr. 14 ? 16:28, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit : > At last..the end is near! (-: > > To start, two newborn Grant's gazelles - one a day or two old, > another a > minute or two old. Newborns stay absolutely still, and emit no smell > to > evade predators. As Big Cats see in B&W, movement and smell are > essential > for them to notice prey. In a previous occasion in the Mara, I have > noticed > a Cheetah pass within 15 feet of a newborn Tommy and not notice it: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4822.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5910.jpg.html > > The rest is all about the King of the Jungle! Here is a cub intent on > playing Hide and Seek with our vehicle: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4744.jpg.html > > I have found that touch is a very important sensory input in the > mother-child bonding in lion prides, even after the cubs are > reasonably > grown, but it takes many forms: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4727.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4723.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5890.jpg.html > > Lion cubs are entertaining characters - here one engages in a Game of > Thorns (-: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4588.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4607.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4629.jpg.html > > Finally, a lioness enthusiastically tucks into a midday meal of > reedbuck: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5928.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5976.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6007.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 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