Jaguar Cub and Mom

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 29, 2016155 views6 comments

Hi everyone, I have just returned from leading our Brazil Photo Tour. This image was taken on the Three Brothers River on our last Jaguar boat safari. On the left is a year old cub with it's mom on the right. It was a privilege and thrill to photograph the 2 of them walking the riverbank for about an hour. I was photographing handheld from a boat so I used a fairly high iso to keep my shutter speed up. This is cropped a little bit but fairly close to full frame, as you can see we were quite close shooting on a full frame camera with a 300mm lens.

Canon 5D3 300F4 1/2000 F5.6, iso 1600, handheld from safari boat.

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6 comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on August 29, 2016 at 4:04 PM

How special to get two together. Very nice setting with that rich green as a backdrop.

Max

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Comment posted by Joe James on August 29, 2016 at 9:40 PM

I'm so jealous, so very jealous! Very nicely done Nate.

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on August 30, 2016 at 2:10 AM

I keep coming back to this very special image. Not sure what to say so I will settle with: Magnificent image of two magnificently beautiful animals.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 30, 2016 at 2:51 AM

Nate,
A beautiful image of these beautiful animals devil

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on September 1, 2016 at 5:06 AM

Magnificent cats, would love to see them in the wild someday.
They do pop nicely from the green grass.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 2, 2016 at 11:43 AM

Detail is superb, Nate. Very nice.

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