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Snow leopard
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Snow leopard

by John Tobias

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted March 18, 2015115 views3 comments
Taken at the Miller Park Zoo. I consider snow leopards to be the most beautiful of the cats. Glad I was able to get a few photos of this guy in the snow.

Canon SL1
1/160 @ F-5 ISO400
Canon EF_S 55-250 @ 109mm
HH

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on March 19, 2015 at 12:12 AM
Cats, all of them, are the most beautiful and perfect products of evolution (an unbiased opinion, of course :biggrin: ) - so I could argue whether the snow leopard, the tiger, Geoffrey's cat, the serval, the mountain lion (perhaps my favorite) or one of my tabbies is the most beautiful. What I will not argue with is the fact that this is a magnificent photograph, you have captured a great expression with the perfect light for the subject. :toast: :toast: :toast:
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 19, 2015 at 10:21 PM
What a magnificent cat! I love the look. My only nit is the soft snow in foreground, but it looks like this was unavoidable. Nice color and detail.

--P
Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on March 19, 2015 at 10:49 PM
I'm impressed, that you got a shot of this elusive creature! The two at our zoo stay so far up and under the ledges,that you NEVER see them :frown: What a gorgeous shot. What if you pasted a shot of the same type of tree leaning in the foreground in place of the OOF snow...hmmmm, might be worth a try. :smile: :wavey:
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