Coming Down

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 15, 2013138 views6 comments

In response to Morkel's question, here is the Leopard cub coming down the tree (having left the leg firmly wedged).
EOS 1DX
200-400mm F4 at 280mm
F8
ISO 800
1/3200

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on October 15, 2013 at 11:03 AM

Nice. Looks like it's just stretching

How far were you? I think f4 would have smoothed out the busy BG a bit more

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 15, 2013 at 11:13 AM

Morkel,
Unfortunately I cannot find the distance to subject in images made by 1DX, so I have no real idea.
I agree that a more open shot may have reduced the BG a bit, I was "testing"

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 16, 2013 at 2:52 AM

Great body language here!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by James Blue on October 16, 2013 at 9:14 PM

Love it when they go trunk surf'n....Great timing to catch that body position.

Jim

Registered on June 16, 2013, 16 Posts, 144 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on October 17, 2013 at 12:41 AM

Interesting pose captured here Ken. That said it has no sense of motion, but rather looks like a static pose, which looks a bit awkward for a descending leopard. A cleaner or smoother BG would have made this a more impactful image.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 17, 2013 at 1:18 AM

Jagdeep and James,

Thanks very much

Vincent,

I am at a loss to understand your comment, how would you have liked a "sense of motion" to be expressed, if the Leopard had been static it would have been remarkable, as for the BG a tree in the open would have obviously been preferable, but you take what you can get

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments