A Mara Leopard

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 26, 2014275 views10 comments

A female Leopard posing beautifully on a termite mound in the Mara North Conservancy in Kenya. She was accompanied by her mating couple who did not cooperate at all and kept hiding away from the cameras.This image was shot in low light condition

EOS 1Dx - EF200-400mm f4.0L IS USM - 560mm - 1/800sec @ f5.6 - ISO 1600

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hansen on November 26, 2014 at 11:58 PM

Beautiful shot of this leopard. I really like the mound it's laying on. Great pose, light, and background.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 27, 2014 at 9:23 AM

Hi Mario!
Great setting n beautiful pose! But I find greens saturated and seeing magenta too.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 27, 2014 at 9:39 AM

Mario,
I know I am not the right person to be commenting on "rich green", but this does look slightly saturated, the image itself is beautiful.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 27, 2014 at 9:40 AM

Spectacular capture here Mario. I adjustdedthe white balance and toned down the greens a bit. It looks marvelous.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on November 28, 2014 at 4:50 PM

The greens do look a bit strong, but even toned down slightly they still provide a wonderful contrast for the leopard's golden fur. This is quite nice, Mario.

Max

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on November 28, 2014 at 10:20 PM

Majestic pose...really nice!

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 29, 2014 at 8:35 AM

Hi Mario,

Well - definitely a classic pose. DoF works great for me - love that the whole "closer" portion of the image (leopard and mound it's on) is in focus and background pleasingly thrown out of focus. My instant reaction when I first looked at the image (before reading any comments) was this: If it were mine I'd globally desaturate the magentas, and pull back the saturation of all colours in the background (by 10 or 15 "units" in Photoshop).

But a really solid shot - well done!

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on November 30, 2014 at 1:55 PM

A very striking portrait, nicely done!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 6, 2014 at 6:51 AM

Congrats Mario, a beautiful portrait

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on December 6, 2014 at 11:01 AM

Mario,
Congratulations on the Weekly Pick, thoroughly deserved

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