Thirsty Cheetah

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 7, 201666 views4 comments

This Male Cheetah ( Africa's 2nd most endangered predator) had with his brother just brought down a young Gnu, and as can be seen by his full belly ate a lot of it.
This resulted in him being very thirsty so here he is drinking from some nearby standing water in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.

EOE 1DX MkII
200-400 mm F4
F 9
ISO 400
1/1000

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 8, 2016 at 8:41 PM

With a belly like that, how can he walk, let alone run? sad

The capture action looks good to me. The compositional shape is problematic and makes me wonder if trimming so top away to a pano presentation would look best?

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 10, 2016 at 9:25 AM

Lon,
Tkanks very much
Cheetahs do tend to over eat, we once viewed a female unable to stand after feasting on a adult male Impalla

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on October 11, 2016 at 4:20 PM

Looks like he is going to slosh when he walks away from the watering hole. Nice shot of the full belly and the lapping tongue.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 14, 2016 at 10:00 AM

Thanks Ed

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