Cheetah at Last Light

[Russell Johnson]

A Cheetah in last light, Kwara Concession, Okavango Delta.

One of the three boys I had just watched on a failed hunt.

Canon 5d
70-200 + 1.4 @ 280mm
1/500 @ f5.0
iso250



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[Marc Mol]

Beautiful golden light and composition here Russell, well done.
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

can only echo Marc. great light + great scene = great photo

[Austin Thomas]

Magical light Russell.

Personally I would remove much more of the sky to emphasise the composition and the golden light with a pano crop.

tfs

Austin

[Harshad Barve]

Sensational image Russell , lovely pose by Chitah and amazing light
TFS

[Steve Canuel]

Nice light and scenery.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the warm colours, and good low perspectice too.

[Paul Taylor]

Another vote for even more pano... just a beautiful scene.

[Todd Frost]

Wonderful light and comp. Nice to see the inclusion of the habitat. Very well done. TFS
Todd

[Alfred Forns]

Beautiful image Russell Over the top feel !!! Glad you went for the bigger image Just works !!

Would not be opposed to taking the blue out of the top but would like either way !! Big Congrats !!!

[Paul Marcellini]

Just wonderful, great light and image!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely image. I like the composition and the colours. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Danny Laredo]

Well composed and sweet light.

[Rahul Sachdev]

Wonderful light and what a cat!...I would try cloning out the dead tree trunk on the left....