Gallery: WildlifePosted June 2, 2014128 views8 comments
One from our many marvelous Leopard sightings in Khwai Community, Botswana, last year
EOS 1D MkIV
70-200mm F2.8 MkII
F4.5
ISO 800
1/800
Taken late evening
Comments
8 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 2, 2014 at 9:38 AM
Very nice Ken. Great to get one of these guys in an uncluttered setting. The lighting may not have been ideal, but still a great capture. Must have been a thrill.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 2, 2014 at 10:39 AM
Detail is wonderful, with excellent depth of field, helping to lift the leopard from the background. I find the background a little unfortunate, but that was beyond all control. Pose is especially pleasing. I like how the tail and the snag angle to the corners.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by William Bickle on June 2, 2014 at 1:25 PM
Hello Ken
well done ! Great to see a very natural composure. The curl of the tail is Great!.
Bill
Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments
Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on June 2, 2014 at 5:02 PM
Looks like your return to this area served you well, Ken. Love the pose and setting.
The only thing I'd change is the overtly green cast - especially on the leopard and prevalent in the yellows, reds, blacks, whites...
Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 2, 2014 at 10:45 PM
I downloaded the image and adjusted the color balance. Morkel was right. There was a green cast to it. The change made a huge difference. Good observation Morkel.
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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on June 2, 2014 at 11:10 PM
You have a killer (no pun intended! ) here, Ken!
Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 3, 2014 at 12:50 AM
Thanks to everybody for your kind comments, I can see no green cast but perhaps it is my monitor or eyes
At least it did not need rotation
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 3, 2014 at 4:22 PM
Really nice job exposing this so well with the little light you had Ken. I also see a bit of the green cast Morkel is referring to, but easy correction.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
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8 commentswell done ! Great to see a very natural composure. The curl of the tail is Great!.
Bill
The only thing I'd change is the overtly green cast - especially on the leopard and prevalent in the yellows, reds, blacks, whites...
At least it did not need rotation