Leopard In Serengeti

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 13, 2010463 views16 comments

Had posted a variation of this with the baby's tail intertwined. Here's one without the cub in the frame.

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Feb 2010. Can't wait for the 2011 birthing season.

EOS 7D, @600 mm, f/8, ISO 400, 1/640, beanbag on jeep, full frame.

Regards,

Kiran

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 13, 2010 at 1:06 PM

A beautiful portrait! The pink mouth partially open a fillip to the whole. A small nit—I could wish the leopard were placed more to the left, with more room on the right.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 13, 2010 at 3:19 PM

A real nice big cat pose. I like the look back and the dangling tail

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Comment posted by Guy Runco on July 13, 2010 at 10:00 PM

Really nice shot Kiran! I have to respectfully disagree with Phil's comment about the comp - if anything, I'd like a bit more room on the left side of the shot, but the capture is just wonderful as-is.

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Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on July 14, 2010 at 5:11 AM

Wonderful detail!
Amazing shot with excellent lights :)

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 14, 2010 at 9:27 AM

Hi Kiran,

I quite like the overall composition here - especially the strong diagonal formed by the tree and the opposing subtle diagonal formed by the subject itself. I'm fine with how you positioned the subject horizontally in the frame and see no need to add room to the right or left. A bit unfortunate about the the white patch just to the right of the leopard's head (and I'm surprised that no one has suggested that you clone that out yet!), but overall I think this image is very solid both technically and in compositional terms. Well done!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 14, 2010 at 9:27 AM

A wonderful frame, I really like the dangling tail and gaze from the leopard. As for having more room at left or right, I may prefer on the right.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by kiran khanzode on July 14, 2010 at 11:39 AM

Thank you, all !!

Brad,

Thanks for the detailed critique. I did think about the bright patch on the right but did not want to spoil the image with my bad cloning skills :-).

As for comments about space, I was struggling to fit her into the frame with a 1.6x crop camera @ 600 mm focal distance at that narrow FoV for sure, with the camera in portrait mode

. Glad I could just fit her fully in the frame while she was steady for about 2-3 seconds.

Thx,
Kiran

Registered on February 21, 2009, 83 Posts, 428 Comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on July 14, 2010 at 1:27 PM

Superb portrait Kiran, love the pose and comp here. Not too bothered by the white spot somehow, maybe because the Leopard grabs my attention so well!

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 14, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Excellent composition, Kiran. She posed beautifully. Regarding the bright spot, rather than cloning it away, you might be able to selectively lower the brightness level just a touch, so that it will not compete for the eye's attention quite as much.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 14, 2010 at 2:57 PM

Nice capture Kiran! I am fie with the comp on this. I like the diagonal of the tree runing through the frame and also the look back over the shoulder.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 14, 2010 at 5:51 PM

Excellent shot, the tree and leopard pose really make the image, my eye went right for the leopard and did not even notice the bright spot, good detail throughout the image, way to go.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on July 16, 2010 at 4:42 PM

Another beauty! I wish this were on my wall.

Well done as always Kiran.

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments

Comment posted by Christine Adams on July 20, 2010 at 8:03 PM

Wonderful photo Kiran!! Congrats on your EP!!! The comp is spot on IMO. Because her head was turned to the left, you gave her room to look to the left. Love the dangling tail too!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 21, 2010 at 12:40 AM

Not the tiniest nit from me - just excellent.
Congrats on the EP!

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 21, 2010 at 7:52 AM

Great image. Glad it was an EP because I missed it the first time around. Now--off to your gallery to see the others.

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Comment posted by Sulaiman Al-Riyami on August 27, 2010 at 8:33 PM

Excellent shot ,, I'm really missing Serengeti NP .. thanks for sharing

Registered on July 19, 2010, 4 Posts, 24 Comments