Just a cheetah

[Morkel Erasmus]

This will be my last post before we set off on our 2-week family safari to Etosha and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
This photo was taken in the Kgalagadi in March 2012. Word is that there are once again a number of cheetahs (some females with cubs too) active in the Auob riverbed, which should make for exciting viewing.

See you all in middle December! Keep posting those great images! :5

Techs:
Nikon D3s
Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f5.6 | 1/800 SS | ISO-500

[dankearl]

Morkel, image is not showing.
Have a nice trip, looking forward to the results.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Sorry Dan - updated it now - and thanks :5

[dankearl]

Good to see, I like the DOF with the mystery feet.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Superb Cheetah image Morkel, Love the way you have cropped, the light is nice, neat HA, and the cheetah pops against the OOF FG & BG. TFS.

[edwardselfe]

Nice simple image and composition. Works well.
Ed

[Martin Dunn]

Beautiful cheetah Morkel. Great eyes.
Stands out well against a blurred background.
Enjoy the road trip

[Russell Johnson]

Not much to add, the colour contrast works well in the image.

To my eye, the reds/yellows could do with some toning down.

BTW, there is no colour profile attached to the image.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Morkel - enjoy the family safari. The cheetah image is very nice but I thought there was a slight yellow cast. I imported it into PS and there's no color profile embedded.:eek3: Once one is, the color looks fine.

TFS,
Rachel

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks guys - not sure why I didn't embed it (though it was like 1am here when I processed it LOL)

[Gabriela Plesea]

Just wondering what are you going to see, photograph and bring back, Morkel…Thank you for this lovely post and for the info on cheetah sightings in the Auob! Do not forget to take with you a hard drive and plenty spare cards, as well as chargers for your camera batteries:w3
Safe trip, have great fun, warmest regards and good wishes to you and family!

Warmest regards,

[Anette Mossbacher]

Have a great trip Morkel. How about a postcard for a change with snail mail :t3

Very nice image, would love to see a tad more room in the front, but that is just me :tinysmile_shy_t:

Have much fun and great opportunities

Ciao

Anette

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hey Morkel, have a great trip with some nice cheetah babies in the Auob bed.

Image works well.

TFS Andreas

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks guys...