Leopard

[Jan Fourie]

taken in kruger national Park ,South africa
camera :Canon 30D
Lens :canon 70-200mm

[Morkel Erasmus]

Jan - merely getting a leopard in Kruger close enough for a shot like this with a 70-200mm lens is an amazing achievement...

looks a little soft and some sharpening would make this rock. lovely light and composition

[Harshad Barve]

Cant see the image :confused:

[Jan Fourie]

thnks morkel have sharpened and reposted
jan

[Harshad Barve]

One lovely pose for sure , but as you have removed OP , cant say what you have done , Can you post original image once again? It is always better to repost improvement by keeping OP :)
TFS

[Jan Fourie]

thnks for advice have reposted original and will do so in future
jan

[Harshad Barve]

thnks for advice have reposted original and will do so in future
jan

You are most welcome Jan :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Jan,
Lovely sighting of an shy animal. I love the pose. The tail takes away the attention from the eyes a bit, but we can't help it. The first post is the sharper than the repost. Is this a big crop? I would prefer more space at the left. Look forward to more images. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jan for me the original post is much better in many ways and the pose is really good, purely because 'it's different'! However, I would like to raise a few points if I may.

1. At what time of day was it shot, it looks very early, but I feel there could be more colour within the image as it looks a little flat
2. As posed earlier, is this a cropped image or/and was a high ISO used, as I think it looks quite noisy in parts and there are some artifacts around the branches?
3. If there is a little more room on the l/h I would be tempted to crop a little off the top and convert to more of a landscape crop, although I never feel a square crop does justice to an image, but this is only me :-)

Steve

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning image with awesome eye contact and composition. Excellent color, detail and exposure. Just beautiful Jan,

[Betsie Storm]

Well spotted and captured, Jan. I love the pose, peeking round the tree trunk, beautiful catchlights in the eyes and of course the tail. Thanks for sharing this one- leopard shots are always special.

[DanWalters]

Love the way the leopard is curled around the tree and the light is just hitting him in the face and the eyes.

[Marc Mol]

Great composition and lighting Jan. however I think your reposted image is now your first image?
If that is the case you would have best to just selectively sharpen the Leopard only, fine image nonetheless.

[Jan Fourie]

this shot was taken late afternoon with the sun setting from the LH side,ISO 640,No flash and the crop was was normal.
thnks for advice
jan

[Ajit K Huilgol]

A leopard from such close quarters is always special, Jan, and I love the way it's tail is curled around the branch.