Young Cheetah

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 9, 201467 views3 comments

We were fortunate to find this youngster with its mum and sibling early one morning, with little sun, but at least they got relatively near. To days later we found them some considerable distance from this spot we spent all day with them and never got a shot

Taken in Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
EOS 1DX
200-400mm F4 with 1.4 EX at 540 mm
F7.1
ISO 800
1/1000

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 9, 2014 at 8:55 AM

Nice capture of this young guy. It looks like there is a slight green cast to the image. I downloaded it and changed the color balance a bit. I thought it made a big difference. Regardless, well done.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 11, 2014 at 8:40 AM

Hi Ken,

On the technical side I agree with Jerry on the green cast. On the more creative side - I like the grasses and how the cheetah is appearing to be peering over them looking at something, but overall it feels pretty static to me (with little to grab me or to hold my interest).

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 16, 2014 at 1:15 AM

Jerry,
I agree it does look a little green, probably caused by the rain storms, many people comment on greens in Africa

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