Sunset Leopard

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 27, 201688 views5 comments

Thus young lady was originally found near a small waterhole where I captured a few images, before being hounded from the sighting by "drivers" from the Desert and Delta Lodge in Savute ( not the first time this has happened!)
We subsequently found her in a tree far away from where we could go (no off -roading here)
This was the best I could do!

EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 560 mm
F5.6
ISO 800
1/800 EV + 0.67

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on April 27, 2016 at 7:41 PM

Ken: a cool and unique shot which shows the animal in its environment. I would suggest dodging the tree a bit and the leopard a bit more. Right now the leopard is half way between showing a little color and being a silhouette. YMMV. Richard

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 28, 2016 at 11:09 AM

Richard,
I wondered what the reaction would be, the raw does not have enough to go much further.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on April 28, 2016 at 2:17 PM

Hey Ken,
I like this a lot, the tree certainly shares the stage with the Leopard and the lighting creates a laid back evening mood that is captivating to say the least. The distance of the composition works well to emphasize the vastness of the territory the Leopard is surveying. This is one of those images that would work well as a very large print in my opinion.
Well done . . . devil

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 29, 2016 at 2:30 AM

Mike,
Thanks very much devil

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on May 4, 2016 at 2:27 PM

Fabulous light Ken. It would have made a killer shot with an unobstructed angle <div id="myEventWatcherDiv" style="display:none;"> </div>

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