Leopardess

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 7, 201494 views4 comments

Another from my last trip to the "lesser" areas of Botswana, this time Nxai Pan.
We found this female Leopard walking across the pan, which is strictly off road

So we had to make do with her taking some shade.
EOS 1D MkIII
500mm F4
F5.6
ISO 800
1/400
I toned down the greens quite a bit

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 7, 2014 at 3:29 PM

Another really fine portrait. I like your comp. with a pleasing amount of negative space on her right.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 8, 2014 at 8:51 PM

Good depth of field control, with sharpness from nose to back of head. I like the composition fine. Beautiful subject, too! I did notice a slight blue tine in the whites, so perhaps a white balance tweak would give pleasing enhancement.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 14, 2014 at 9:43 AM

Nice portrait of this beautiful cat Ken.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 6, 2014 at 4:57 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments, no leopards this time

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