Drinking Leopard

[Stephen Earle]

Mashatu Nature Reserve, Botswana
40D
ISO 800
1/60

[Giovanni Frescura]

Very very very nice . My compliment!!!. You used tripod and only iso 800? no flash or light ?

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Stephen Stunning image Well composed and exposed Assumed you used a spotlight? Some bg info would be great !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Hilary Hann]

Love the composition of this and the red tongue really draws the eye. I assumed some kind of spot light as well?

[Harshad Barve]

Wow !!! One mighty fine image Stephen , loved the setiing here , pose of Leopard is just too good
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

Given the techs, this is quite incredible. Did the spotlight have a diffuser?

[Stephen Earle]

Thx everyone for the comments. The image was made from a vehicle and I used a beanbag as support. The light was from a spotlight on a different vehicle and I don't think it was fitted with a diffuser. It stays a hit and miss affair at 1/60 but switching the vehicle off and taking care to let the bean bag do it's work helps. Getting the flicking tongue sharp is the tricky bit at that speed.

The camera was set manually.

[Ajit Huilgol]

Wow! This is a stunner, Stephen! :)

[Chris van Rooyen]

Well done Stephen, the technique certainly worked like a charm. You did well to get sharpness at 1/60

[Morkel Erasmus]

like this very much Stephen...and the techs are so unreal...well done - shows a steady hand :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice composition. A fine image. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Charles Glatzer]

Pretty cool image. I would up the ISO to insure a sharp(er) image. You can fix noise, but ...

Best,

Chas