Cheetah Cub

[Hendri Venter]

During our visit last month to Kgalagadi <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comhttp://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/ /><st1:PlaceName w:st=</st1:PlaceName>Transfrontier <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Park </st1:PlaceType>we found two cheetah cubs early morning </ST1:pplaying while their mother was out hunting. I captured this one in very low light before the sun had broken thru the clouds.<O:p</O:p


Canon 1D MK III
Canon 300 F2.8 IS
ISO 1600
SS 1/250 sec
Aperture F4.5
Focal Lenght 300mm
Aperture Priority

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful image , lovely looks given to you by cubs
techs look spot on here
TFS

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Hendri: What a beautiful face on this little cheetah with its big, red eyes. The coat color is also is gorgeous in this light. Some good detail in the photo as well. Also, nice handling of this shot with almost white light behind the animal. This is an easy image to look at.

[Ken Watkins]

Now that is a nice Cheetah cub, showing all of it's beauty!

Just one quibble it looks to me just a little oversharpened?

[David Fletcher]

Very nice Hendri. Some good work from your trip there. Lovely pose and details. Lovely IQ too. WD!

[Morkel Erasmus]

you know I love this one Hendri! you were very lucky to have them so close and so responsive :)

I agree it looks slightly oversharpened on this site...

[Stu Bowie]

I was saying to Morkel the other day, a cheetah is the only cat I havent got in my files yet, and you come along and post a cub. I like the intencity of the stare, and just love those honey eyes. Great sighting, and well captured mate. Good to see you posting here again.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

t has all been said. Simply gorgeous !!!! Thanks for sharing Hendri.

[Glenda Simmons]

Wow! That's Awesome!!

[Marc Mol]

All sharpening nits aside, a superb habitat portrait of this beautiful Cheetah cub.
Have just recently returned from 23 days in Botswana and all I saw was a fleeting glimpse of
the back of a mother Cheetah and her 6 cubs in the Kalahari.
So I'm very envious!

[Steve Canuel]

Nice comp of an attractive subject. Exposure, color, and sharpness all look good to me.

[peter delaney]

Hendri .. super image... the eye s really make this image come alive... neutral BKG a bonus in this instance

I know how difficult it is to get close to predators in KTP.. so a big well done...

peter

[Ajit K Huilgol]

Cheetah cubs are so adorable, and you have done a marvellous job on this one. The intensity in the eyes, the semi-retractile claws out to grip the bark... perfect. Oversharpening has been mentioned, so I won't repeat that. But, what are those blue-gray patches at the top of the frame?

[Hendri Venter]

Thanks for the great response everyone. I normally sharpen after resize and looks like I overdone it here.

Marc I cant believe you had such bad luck on a 23 day trip. There is always a next time though.

Ajit I'll have to look but I think its cloning marks from some OOF leaves. Will fix it.

[Hendri Venter]

Herwith a repost with less sharpening. Definatly looks better now.

[Harshad Barve]

repost definatly looks better

[Ken Watkins]

Hendri,

Repost is much improved, I can now award 11/10!
I find preparing images for web a bit of a pain, but am getting more used to it.

[Hendri Venter]

Thanks for your input Harshad and Ken.

[DanWalters]

Repost looks great! Like the color of the cheetah and the eyes really draw me into the image.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree. The repost looks great. Lovely sighting and a nice image. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Hendri Venter]

Thanks guys. I appreciate your input.