Brothers

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 5, 2014137 views11 comments

Two of a 3 Male Cheetah coalition, living some tears ago in Kwando, Botswana.
EOS 1D MkIIn
28-300mm % 3.5 at 180mm
F8
ISO 400
1/2000

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 5, 2014 at 7:05 AM

Great positioning n wonderful frame !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on November 5, 2014 at 8:51 AM

Wow! A great capture of two beautiful animals. One forms a diagonal, the other gives a full body view and both against a clean background. Unusual in the best sense to see both heads lined up as they are. Congrats. Richard

Registered on January 12, 2014, 453 Posts, 1625 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on November 5, 2014 at 9:16 AM

Hey Ken,
Tell the truth, you had a Cheetah Wrangler with his babies working this scene . . .

In all my days I can't remember a more perfect pose and you captured it masterfully, Marlin Perkins would be proud to have used this image as the opener to 'Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom' (showing my age with that reference).

Man !

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on November 5, 2014 at 11:03 AM

There's nothing new I can say about the composition. It's just perfect.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 5, 2014 at 4:58 PM

Excellent how they lined up for on top of that termite mound, some sweet lighting too Ken, nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 6, 2014 at 1:00 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments, which are much appreciated, There were actually three brothers but one was uncooperatuve

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on November 6, 2014 at 7:11 AM

Ken, when I first saw this photo, I said that one is perfect. I'll just leave it at that. Congrats.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 6, 2014 at 9:33 AM

Talk about regal! What a fine pose from these two.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 7, 2014 at 8:39 AM

Hey Ken,

Well...if the third one was uncooperative these two more than made up for that - they couldn't have given you a more perfect pose. Good ol' "...f8 and be there", eh? And you were there!

Cheers...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 7, 2014 at 8:45 AM

Thanks for the further comments, I have always liked this one, and it was a MKIIN, just goes to show when the sun shines

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on November 9, 2014 at 1:20 PM

On of the most delightful poses I have seen captured of Cheetahs

Registered on December 28, 2010, 32 Posts, 240 Comments