A Night Stroll

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 26, 201675 views3 comments

If you stay at a sighting even when the animal is not moving and buried in grass, something may happen if you are patient.
Unsurprisingly after the other two vehicles left this Leopard started to move around. It was by then quite dark
EOS 1DX MkII
200-400 mm F4 at 400 mm
F5.6
ISO 3200
1/400

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 26, 2016 at 11:09 AM

Love those direct eyes!
Great look at this beautiful cat.
The small branch in front could be pretty easily cloned out, so it doesn't detract from this excellent shot.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on August 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM

Hi Ken,

What appeals to me about this shot is the intensity of those staring eyes (and the really "harmonious" colour palette). I agree fully with your comment about the value of sticking with a subject even when it appears to be doing nothing ("Good things come to those who wait" enlightened

?). The branch referred to in the comment above is a complete non-issue to me...

Nicely done...

Cheers...

Brad

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

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 29, 2016 at 2:51 AM

Sandy and Brad,
Thanks for your comments I am with Brad on the branch.

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments