FetchThe ComfyChair2

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 11, 2013247 views13 comments

Another title pinched from Monty Python, this time the "Spanish Inquisition" sketch.

This young female Leopard gave us a wonderful hour playing in a dead tree (no leaves) in Savute, Botswana.

Light was terrible
EOS1D MkIV
500mm F4
F7.1
ISO 800
1/1699
EV +0.67

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 11, 2013 at 7:12 AM

Light might have been terrible but you caught an interesting posture of that cat. It looks played out.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on May 11, 2013 at 7:30 AM

That's a really lovely image ken. Great pose, great expression. A study in cool.

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on May 11, 2013 at 10:16 AM

Cool ,was the first thought that came into my mind too .Love the pose .how llovely to spend time watching her at play.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 12, 2013 at 12:06 AM

This is an awesome pose Ken!!! I like the curious stare. The light doesn't seem so bad to me.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on May 12, 2013 at 12:18 AM

Great perch n beautiful pose!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 12, 2013 at 2:38 AM

Thanks everybody, by "bad light" I mean dull and overcast resulting in no blue sky

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 12, 2013 at 11:30 AM

Ken, this is hilarious! I must honestly admit I am quite envious of this image. Did you try a B&W conversion; I have the feeling that may work very well here. As presented I find the cyan sky colour a bit awkward and would try to rectify that.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on May 12, 2013 at 12:41 PM

Poke her with a soft cushion!! But what a hilarious photo this is, I really like the Leopards expression.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on May 12, 2013 at 4:51 PM

What a great pose. I wonder about Vincent's suggestion of a b/w conversion. I almost see a greenish caste on this. Obviously the light didn't do you many favors, but it's a fun, clean image.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 12, 2013 at 10:41 PM

Great image with another excellent title I might add Ken.

He looks like the ultimate lazy cat. Like Vincent...I am envious of this one.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on May 13, 2013 at 2:42 PM

:-)
Lovely!
Grt, Ingrid.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on May 13, 2013 at 11:41 PM

'He's not dead, he's just resting"

Pretty cool capture, Ken. I like the simplicity of the composition and that wonderful look that you're getting.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 14, 2013 at 4:21 AM

Thanks for the further comments, a once in a lifetime experience, I hope not

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