The Prince of Okavango

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This is another of my favourite images where the leopard lords over his territory at dusk. The delta was such a fantastic place, totally pristine, unpolluted, uninhabited (except for the camp), with great landscapes.
1/25
f/5
ISO 3200
5D III
164mm (100-400 II)

[Loi Nguyen]

You are sure brave to shott at 1/25, but you made it work. The image is about 0.2EV too bright to me. The trees on the right is a bit distracting, so I'd suggest cropping a bit tighter. Otherwise, it is a great image to me with nice colours and good eye contact. Loi

[haseeb badar]

Sanjeev another good leopard image and 1/25 u must be kidding. i too would crop from the rhs of the frame , it is making the eye wander . otherwise lovely colours and nicely handled the low light . TFS !

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - I agree with the above comments about both the ss and the tree on the right. Very steady hands and very alert pose! I realize it was dusk but the magentas are still a bit strong IMHO and I would reduce it (maybe leave the sky). I do wish the tree in the bg wasn't coming out of the head.

TFS,
Rachel

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev quite cool pose and great setting the Leopard is placed in .
You did well with that slow SS :eek3:, a steady hand you have ........ have you taken any medicine during the shooting Doc ?
Agree with Loi image being a bit light overall .
Colors do look a bit on the reddish /pinkish side , but i think this works well considering the time of shooting . If there is any magenta in the image then it is placed in the sky .

I took the liberty to push things in terms of color and tone , it could be a bit overcooked but i think with the time of shooting and the fading light it could work , for sure all being very subjective with a string reddish cast that would be not everybody cuppa :wave:.

TFS Andreas

[Katie Rupp]

Sanjeev, I'm enjoying all of your Okavango Leopard images, you had a great run there. Here, I like the alert pose and late afternoon light as well as your usual attention to detail.

Cheers,

Katie

[Morkel Erasmus]

Love this kind of light and the pose works well.
Great steady hand here!
I agree with the crop suggestion and like what Andreas has done in his RP...

[Gabriela Plesea]

Very beautiful image Sanjeev!

I am very late here but wanted to congratulate you on yet another stunner. In terms of crop I agree that Andreas's version puts more emphasis on the leopard. Love the light and its "pinkishness":w3, wonderful pose from the leopard, this just works so well for me...

Kind regards,