Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, Luis Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:40 AM, lluisripollphotography < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > Fantastic images Jayanand! they shall be viewed large! > > This image is particularly great > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/ > Pantanal/untitled-20160813-3937.jpg.html> > > Cheers > Lluis > > > > El 27 ag 2016, a les 19:09, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > > va > escriure: > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >