[Leica] Pantanal

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Hi Jayanand,

Very cool indeed! And a co-operative Jaguar to top it off. Given the
location I would think humans would've spooked the JAG off into heavier
jungle coverage for hiding?

Well done as you have a few "KEEPERS!" there.

cheers,

Dr. ted

 

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf 
Of
Jayanand Govindaraj
Sent: August-27-16 10:09 AM
To: Leica Users Group; PSM
Subject: [Leica] Pantanal

 

Just returned from the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical freshwater

wetlands in Brazil spanning the Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul

provinces, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a curious place. Though

we imagine the Brazilian ecosystem to be very rich and bursting with life,

in truth vast tracts of it, like the Pantanal, have soil which is

nutritionally poor. Therefore the land cannot sustain too many mammals,

which are scarce and rare, but have resulted in an explosive variety of

birds who feed on the abundant food in the canopy. I had gone to see and

photograph the normally shy, reclusive and very secretive Jaguars, because

a small accessible population of around 25 had got used to humans, and

would show themselves, practically the only place in the world where this

is possible. We were lucky that we got one early, at close quarters, on the

banks of an oxbow lake, in a place called Rio Claro, where we had gone to

photograph birds, and where jaguars are generally never to be seen. We saw

a few capybara (the world's largest rodent, the size of a well fed pig)

squealing and frantically swimming across the lake, and when we

investigated, there she was! In fact, the surprise at seeing a jaguar at

this place was so great that I forgot to change my settings from those I

was using to photograph diving/flying White-necked Heron, and so all of

these are at 1/3200+ @ f8 at ISO 3200, with an EV of -1.67 stops!

 

Here are four looks at the majestic cat:

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160812-
2529.jpg.html

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160812-
2580.jpg.html

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160812-
2594.jpg.html

 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/Pantanal-20160812-
2736.jpg.html

 

Please see LARGE

 

Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!

 

Cheers

Jayanand

 

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