Thematic Wildlife

**aslyfox** · 11-21-2016, 05:06 AM

I like all the caribou photos and the moose one too. My favorites would be the second caribou photo and the moose.

(I never can figure out how Noel gets his "models" to line up so nicely - who is he "Dr. Dolittle"?)

here is a Blue - Diademed - Monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) photographed high in the trees on Mount Meru in Arusha National Park in Tanzania. All photographs have been cropped.

http://www.monkeyworlds.com/blue-monkey/

Mount Meru is one of the tallest mountains in Africa and the 2nd largest in Tanzania behind Kilimanjaro

Big thanks to Noel for help on the id

This was the only time we saw this type of monkey. (We also only found the Black and White Colobus Monkeys on Mount Meru.)

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**noelcmn** · 11-21-2016, 05:27 AM

Well now, Dr Doolittle would be an accurate description. I do little most of the time

and only take photos. The secret, after years of visiting Game and Nature reserves, is knowing what animals will do, The Zebra herd were heading for the water hole, and all I had to do was wait. And that is probably the best kept secret. Same with these warthogs-just waited for them to look up from their grazing.

**WPRESTO** · 11-21-2016, 12:29 PM

I waited a long time for a big grey rhino lying on the ground to raise its head, but ran out of patience. Just as well, turned out to be a boulder.

**noelcmn** · 11-21-2016, 12:45 PM

LOL! Been there, done that, and got ................. nothing

**aslyfox** · 11-21-2016, 03:11 PM

well talking about animals and boulders:

I captioned this one: "Is that someone ahead of me?"

this is an old Asian Elephant at the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield Mo.

**noelcmn** · 11-21-2016, 09:30 PM

Nice shot and details you got there.

**arnold** · 11-21-2016, 10:54 PM

Digging into the slides: Kruger National Park 1981. Pentax MX, M50/1.7 Kodachrome

**aslyfox** · 11-22-2016, 05:50 AM

3 elephants

3 grazers (2 zebra and a wildebeest)

nice photos all

I will add 3 black-and -white Colobus monkeys found on Mount Meru, (one of the highest mountains in Africa) in the Arusha National Park in Tanzania.

We only saw these monkeys (and Blue monkeys) on Mount Meru and all were high in the trees. The photo is highly cropped but no other pp

**noelcmn** · 11-22-2016, 06:21 AM

OK, I'll join the trio club

timb64 · 11-22-2016, 07:07 AM

---------- Post added 11-22-16 at 02:07 PM ----------

Originally posted by noelcmn

OK, I'll join the trio club

Noel post again and it'll be a trio of trios

**noelcmn** · 11-22-2016, 07:43 AM

Sometimes I pretend I'm pressing the shutter

.

mattwoodcock · 11-22-2016, 08:22 PM - **2 Likes**

a snow monkey having a bath in Nagano, Japan. taken with my K-50 and the 18-135 WR.

---------- Post added 11-22-16 at 08:26 PM ----------

and something more local. a little skink from the wall outside my office. taken with the K-50 using the 100mm Macro WR

**noelcmn** · 11-22-2016, 10:42 PM

A Cheetah, which I suspect was pregnant

**aslyfox** · 11-23-2016, 07:00 AM

noel

your cheetah might be or is pregnant but not was

this one certainly was:

**noelcmn** · 11-23-2016, 10:45 AM

Considering that was taken in October 2015- I should think it "was" pregnant, unless the horror side of nature took its toll on her.

Mating pair of lions- the female is just visible

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11-21-2016, 05:27 AM	#4727
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Well now, Dr Doolittle would be an accurate description. I do little most of the time and only take photos. The secret, after years of visiting Game and Nature reserves, is knowing what animals will do, The Zebra herd were heading for the water hole, and all I had to do was wait. And that is probably the best kept secret. Same with these warthogs-just waited for them to look up from their grazing.

11-21-2016, 12:29 PM	#4728
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,107	I waited a long time for a big grey rhino lying on the ground to raise its head, but ran out of patience. Just as well, turned out to be a boulder.

11-21-2016, 12:45 PM	#4729
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	LOL! Been there, done that, and got ................. nothing

11-21-2016, 09:30 PM	#4731
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Nice shot and details you got there.

11-21-2016, 10:54 PM	#4732
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,294	Digging into the slides: Kruger National Park 1981. Pentax MX, M50/1.7 Kodachrome

11-22-2016, 06:21 AM	#4734
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	OK, I'll join the trio club

11-22-2016, 07:07 AM	#4735
timb64 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: /Situation : Doing my best to avoid idiots! Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,510	---------- Post added 11-22-16 at 02:07 PM ---------- Originally posted by noelcmn OK, I'll join the trio club Noel post again and it'll be a trio of trios

11-22-2016, 07:43 AM	#4736
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Sometimes I pretend I'm pressing the shutter .

11-22-2016, 08:22 PM - 2 Likes	#4737
mattwoodcock Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 32	a snow monkey having a bath in Nagano, Japan. taken with my K-50 and the 18-135 WR. ---------- Post added 11-22-16 at 08:26 PM ---------- and something more local. a little skink from the wall outside my office. taken with the K-50 using the 100mm Macro WR

11-22-2016, 10:42 PM	#4738
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	A Cheetah, which I suspect was pregnant

11-23-2016, 10:45 AM	#4740
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,182	Considering that was taken in October 2015- I should think it "was" pregnant, unless the horror side of nature took its toll on her. Mating pair of lions- the female is just visible