Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful images, the last one is my favorite cheers Lluis El 19/12/2010, a las 4:06, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > The elephants at Yala are quite extraordinary, they just burst upon > you from > the surrounding vegetation, making for very close encounters, which > at times > can be quite stressful - because if there is one animal in our > jungles whose > behaviour I don't quite trust, it is the wild elephant. In fact the > closest > encounter in this trip was when a full grown cow elephant came and > stood > right behind the jeep in a defensive posture, so that her young > calves could > cross the road behind her. She was so close (about 5 feet from me, > adjacent > to the vehicle) that I did not dare take photographs for fear it > might spook > her! > > Anyway the final set of photographs from Yala are of elephants: > > Emerging from the vegetation: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ0951-Edit.jpg.html > > Startled youngster: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ0958-Edit.jpg.html > > Mother and (very young) child: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ1019-Edit.jpg.html > > A wary eye: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Yala/_JGJ1270-Edit.jpg.html > > C&C always welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information