Cheetah closeup

[Marc Mol]

I quite like the open mouth and quizzical look here.
Late afternoon, FF.

D3s 500VR +1.4tc 1/800s ISO1600@f/7 Masai Mara Oct 2010.

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[Harshad Barve]

excellent pose by Cheetah here , love the eye contact and BG here , Excellent
TFS

[Andrew Aveley]

awesome pose and eye contact !! BG to die for !!!! May I ask why you have not cropped slightly and rotated clockwise to balance the portrait ? :bg3:

[Marc Mol]

May I ask why you have not cropped slightly and rotated clockwise to balance the portrait ? :bg3:

Good point Andrew:t3
Can't remember if this was a head turn/body lean or not level?
How's this?

[Andrew Aveley]

Can't remember if this was a head turn/body lean or not level?:eek:

level now :t3 Maybe crop off top and rhs to be "geometrically" correct - LOL :bg3:

[Dumay de Boulle]

Awesome smooth BG and the Cheetah stands out so nicely...Like the second post, prefer the less room on top. Great eye contact and detail...Nice one Marc

[Tom Redd]

Marc- lovely BG and excellent detail captured here. Where was this taken?

[Rachel Hollander]

Marc - great portrait. The eye contact takes this to another level. Repost works well, I never remember to level portraits.

TFS,
Rachel

[Steve Berkowitz]

I like the original with the head tilt. Beautiful shot any way. Steve

[peter delaney]

Hi Marc,

lovely portrait, can live with either your crop...

TFS

[Steve Canuel]

Very nicely detailed and colored portrait. Especially like the visible colored marbling of the eyes.

[Grant Atkinson]

Super portrait here Marc, good detail and a perfect BG. well done
grant

[Morkel Erasmus]

gorgeous portrait and love the stare here Marc...gotta love it when you nail the colour in the eyes :cheers:

I quite liked the OP crop - with the body "straight" and the head slightly cocked (inquisitive cat style :w3).
Impressive techs yet again from that D3s at ISO-1600.

[Marc Mol]

Appreciate the comments everyone, many thanks.




I quite liked the OP crop - with the body "straight" and the head slightly cocked (inquisitive cat style :w3).


Yep, me too Morkel.:w3

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful soft light, detail and colors. Awesome portrait.

Lorant

[Brendon Cremer]

stunning image, like the repost, possibly still space to crop a little off the top and the right, but thats just personal taste:bg3:

[DanWalters]

Great eye contact and nice detail and color in the cheetah.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Sooper dooper portrait !!