The Pounce

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 13, 2013325 views7 comments

This is the next frame of the young cub I posted earlier hiding behind a log. It's easy to see the future hunter in this youngster. This version is cropped for a vertical orientation and to remove some foreground; I also have a horizontal version with the OOF target that I'm not too sure about but will post later to see what other think about. C&C are always appreciated....thanks for looking!

Canon EOS6D
Canon 100-400 @ 400
ISO 500, f7.1, 1/1,2500 sec

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on August 14, 2013 at 2:16 PM

Nice photo, James. His/her head is looking quite adult but the body is still lagging behind. Certainly conveys a sense of action and not just a casual stroll. Focus is right on and only begins to soften at the tip of the tail. Lighting is a bit harsh but I think you've minimized that pretty well. The only nit I have is that the habitat doesn't say Africa. Could be almost anywhere.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on August 14, 2013 at 2:49 PM

Interesting pose; I like that hunter's look as well and the diagonal made by the tail and the front leg across the frame help to make this compositionally interesting.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on August 15, 2013 at 11:19 AM

A dynamic frame n interesting pose !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on August 15, 2013 at 4:46 PM

Love the pose and composition. Cool tail position!

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Comment posted by Joe James on August 15, 2013 at 8:45 PM

Thanks everyone, appreciate the feedback.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 18, 2013 at 1:30 AM

Hmmmm, wouldn't this be the "Pre-pounce", kind of the loading phase that comes before? Whatever, this is a very cool composition, so well balanced and dynamic. As in the previous image, love the gold and brown colors. You must mean 1/2500 sec?

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 3, 2013 at 6:28 AM

Joseph,
Just back from Hwange (very cold). Fabulous pose and the tail position makes it for me

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