Leopard

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 15, 2017118 views5 comments

Posing on a rock in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania after sunset.
EOS 1DX MkII
200-400 mm F4 at 200mm
F 6.3
ISO 1600
1/50 (well braced)

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on September 15, 2017 at 8:56 AM

Incredibly sharp at only 1/50s. Beautiful portrait. Love those eyes.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 15, 2017 at 12:31 PM

Technically the leopard looks perfectly exposed with great detail. It is cool you had this kind of unobstructed view and you managed good depth of field control with f6.3. Only wish would be for the cat to offer slight variations in pose, as in this one the tilt of head feels slightly oddly placed on the body, just an illusion, but noticible.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on September 17, 2017 at 2:34 PM

Super image. Sharp at 1/50. Tight at the bottom, but you were probably trying to minimize the OOF rock. Direct eye contact would put this over the top. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 21, 2017 at 4:41 AM

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated

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Comment posted by Joe James on September 21, 2017 at 9:18 PM

1/50 and that sharp! Very nicely done Ken

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