Male Leopard

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 3, 201860 views4 comments

First thing in the morning we returned to see if the female Leopard and her youngster were still around, they were not. We noticed a male leopard carrying off her kill, Male Leopards are notoriously shy, this is the closest we could get.
Taken in Khwai Community Reserve, Botswana.
EOS 1DX Mk II
200-400 mm F4 with 1.4 ex at 560 mm
F 5.6
ISO 1600
1/800

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on February 4, 2018 at 10:07 AM

You seem to have caught the attention of this male leopard, from the look on its face! I do find the OOF grasses along the bottom of this image a bit distracting, not much you could do about them. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on February 6, 2018 at 1:06 PM

Ken, nice light here. He definitely looks relaxed and nonchalant.

Registered on December 28, 2010, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 7, 2018 at 3:54 PM

Tough light to work with because of dappled effect, but warm color of light is pleasing. Great cat! He gave you the look...

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 10, 2018 at 5:33 AM

Thanks everybody devil

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