{"id":89,"date":"2006-03-31T00:48:55","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T23:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/31\/masai-mara-from-behind\/"},"modified":"2006-03-31T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T13:02:24","slug":"masai-mara-from-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/31\/masai-mara-from-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Masai Mara &#8211; from behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a good photo is not always east. But with animals, it becomes daringly difficult if the model decided not to cooperate. In a 1000 photos taken during the course of the safari in the Masai Mara National Park in March, there were a few interesting failures or good photos (depending on your taste). The most obvious ones are shown here.<\/p>\n<h4>Backstage<\/h4>\n<p>Sometimes, I decided that the front is not the most interesting part of the model. This is the case of this elephant whose hindquarters appeared a more interesting subject (because of the lovely leather structure):<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table width=\"30%\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Elephant, back leather\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT1358.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image190\" alt=\"Elephant, back leather\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT1358.miniature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Elephant, back leather<\/font><\/td>\n<td><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Zebra, from behind\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2087.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image201\" alt=\"Zebra, from behind\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2087.miniature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">A zebra, from behind<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/center><!--more-->Some animals are just too fast for me:<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table width=\"30%\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Eagle, from behind\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image202\" alt=\"Eagle, from behind\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2019.miniature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Eagle<\/font><\/td>\n<td><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"African har, back view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2081.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image203\" alt=\"African hare, back view\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2081.miniature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">African hare<\/font><\/td>\n<td><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Heron, feet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT1652.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image205\" alt=\"Heron, feet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT1652.miniature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">Heron, feet<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h4>Failures<\/h4>\n<p>Sometimes, there is no excuse (or is there?):<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table width=\"30%\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Gnu, too late for a live photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2058.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image200\" alt=\"Gnu, too late for a live photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2058.miniature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">I came much too late for the portrait of this gnu.<\/font><\/td>\n<td><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"PICT2047.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2047.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image138\" alt=\"PICT2047.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/PICT2047.miniature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-1\">I could not decently grab her tail to obtain a picture of her face, I caught her cute ears though.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a good photo is not always east. 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