A Different Leopard

[Ken Watkins]

A young male in Savute Marsh area of Chobe National Park, Botswana, 5th January 2011.

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held from open game viewing vehicle

F5.6, ISO 400, 1/3200

[Morkel Erasmus]

love the angle here Ken - nice pose too.
hope to see some of these lovely Bots leopards when I visit the area later this year.

[Marc Mol]

Also like the low perspective and front paw lift enhances nicely Ken
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[Harshad Barve]

One of best Leopard image on ground Ken , love the pose , raised feet and green surroundings , super excellent :cheers::cheers::cheers:
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[Ken Watkins]

Morkel,

Leopards cannot be guaranteed even in Botswana, but we have had some great luck, in National Parks (Moremi, Savute and Nxai Pan) and private concessions we have seen at least one on all of our manyvisits to Kwando (both Lebala and Lagoon).

Marc and Harshad,

Thanks very much:cheers::cheers:

[Russell Johnson]

Well captured Ken, like the blanket of green.

WOuld like to see a wider version of this too.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Lovely Male Leopard, like the comp and angle. The also love the space on the right hand side. You had some excellent sightings in Savuti TFS :cheers::cheers:

[Todd Frost]

Well done Ken. As mentioned the comp is outstanding. Good sharpness as well. IMHO lifting the shadows slightly brings out a bit more from this outstanding image, just a tought. Very well done.
TFS
Todd

[Ken Watkins]

Todd,

Thanks for the tip, I have tried it and it looks better