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Up Up and Away

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 11, 20181,611 views5 comments
Male Leopard going up to see what is going on,
Taken un Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
EOS 1DX
100-490 mm F4 at 400mm
F 5.6
ISO 1600
1/3200

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 11, 2018 at 11:18 AM
Great timing to catch him at the start of his leap Ken. The light and detail is really nice. 
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 11, 2018 at 11:23 AM
Wonderful catch to get him just on take off Ken, I have seen lots of images of them crawling up or down but this is the first one I've seen jumping, great job! devil
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 11, 2018 at 1:53 PM
Big thumbs up!  Great techs, excellent perspective, well presented.
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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on March 11, 2018 at 7:56 PM
My first impression was that he was waiting to catch something falling our of the tree. Another wonderful image from you. Really quite excellent.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 21, 2018 at 6:03 AM
Thanks very muchdevil
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