Young Leopard

[Michael Borcherds]

We had been following this 9month old cub for a few minutes when it jumped ontop of this small mound (only for a short while) & pulled some really funny faces - special moment in the Africa bush :)

300mm
1/500 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 400
Flash: On

[Robert Amoruso]

Is that an ant hill? Perhaps the reason for funny faces. Getting him up there helped give you a nice clean image of him. Good work.

[Fabs Forns]

Adorable on all counts, Great that you were able to isolate him, thanks for sharing it!

[Ron Day]

A striking image of this leopard in its natural habitat. I like how the tail can be seen curling upward in the lower portion of the frame. The mound could benefit from a little more texture and darkening, but that is minor. Very fine image!

[Ed Cordes]

Great detail in the leopard. From the notch in the ear it looks like this one will grow up to be pretty aggressive. Yes, the termite mound could be darker.

[Keith Rawlins]

Havnt seen this one b4. Is it one of Karulas cubs?

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Nice pose and great facial expression. how do you know it's 9 months old, have you been studying this animal?

[Joshua Lubitz]

Nice capture - I think I might crop a bit from the bottom cutting the mound just above the point that it narrows. Good light and sharpnesss. Really nice capture!

[D. Robert Franz]

Great image of a difficult to photograph subject.

[Michael Borcherds]

Thanks for all the feedback folks - really appreciate it.

Vincent, I have just been very fortunate to photograph in this area for a few years & have gotton to know the Leopards well & the rangers @ the lodges keep me updated & who's who & when cubs were born etc

Yip Keith, it's Karula's cub

[Peter Buntman]

Outstanding sighting of this beautiful cub on a termite hill, super colour and facial expression.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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