1. Crowned crane.
2. Grant's gazelles.
3 & 4. Coke's Hartebeest.
5. Maasai village in the middle of Masai Mara National Park.
We camped at a primitive site along the Mara River for several days. We were the only ones there- well, except for crocodiles that stayed a bit further downstream.
Don't know why no other campers stayed there- the hole-in-the-dirt-toilet was as nice as we'd had anywhere .
Charlie
More good stuff Charlie. One of the problems with showing gazelle or antelopes by themselves is that you don't really get any sense of size. But put a Grant next to a Tommie and it looks huge (even though it's not) and the male is probably too big for the average cheetah whereas a Tommie is perfect. That is why I try to put a cat adjacent too or eating one
The village life shots are always so interesting...thanks for that one.
Eric
This series has been wonderful, Charlie (although I don't think I've commented on more than one or two). I'm with Eric...the village life shots are really interesting, and together with the commentary add a great travelogue feel to the set.
Another interesting post, Charlie. Your images may not be technically perfect, but they are unique and have a lot of character
The village people shots are very revealing. People seems to wear always bright colored clothes.
I also see one lucky kid in this photo: the only one wearing shoes
Socrate
Thanks Eric, Morris, Lil, Greg, Ron, Kenny and Socrate.
Good point about their relative sizes, Eric. Funny, they often feed with other species- yet I seem to have few shots that illustrate that. If I can find the right little yellow boxes of slides, I'll pull some that do and scan them.
How do I tell the boys from the girls? With great difficulty . I wasn't spending much time considering it when I was there, but looking at these pics many years later, it seems as though the boys are grouped together (several groups), and the girls are grouped together (several groups). The baby sitters were often older women.
About that "lucky" kid wearing shoes: they look like hard, inflexible plastic. Maybe fancy to look at, but if the children are running from an attacking animal- bare feet will win the race every time. Interestingly, that boy is the only one waving, and he's sticking out his tongue- which means different things in different cultures. (Among the Maori of New Zealand- when a warrior sticks out his tongue, you'd better be ready to fight- or surrender.)
Yes, they always wear bright colors. Not always clean- but always bright.
I have no recollection of where their water source was, but regular bathing was probably not part of their daily activities. Nor was doing the laundry. But so what? Good honest human smell is much more natural and healthy than scrubbing off the outer layer of skin every day and then perfuming yourself . Plus, if everyone smells bad, then nobody smells bad .
And don't forget, they live in huts made from cow dung.
Please note: that's not a put-down of these beautiful and proud people. It's just fact plus my observations and opinions.
Charlie
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