Leopards

[Ken Watkins]

We found this Mum and relatively young cub, in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa 15th June 2011.

Far away in poor light and with an "interesting" background

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held through window of our vehicle

F9, ISO 800, 1/640

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Ken,
Lovely interaction.
Where did you come across them in the KTP.
Best wishes,
Mark.
:5

[Marc Mol]

Love the maternal bonding being played out here Ken, with just enough environmental scape evident.
TFS

[Brendan Dozier]

Great interaction capture, Ken, nice eye contact, and like how they contrast with habitat just enough to make the comp work well.

[Ken Watkins]

Mark,

Looking at the date it must have been on our journey from Twee Rivieren to Gharagab (what a long way), due to the road closure we had to take a diversion, which turned out well

I think it was at Batulama or Montrose, we were looking at the Giraffe when these two suddenly appeared.

Marc and Brendan,

Thanks for your comments, much appreciated

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Ken,
This is the leopard cub I saw up the tree near Montrose and I have posted on the forum before. I did not see the mother, but the size of the cub would indicate the growth from Ocober 2010 to June 2011. It is so nice to see the two together and that the mother and cub have done well. All in all a very nice sighting.
Thanks for sharing,
Mark.

[Ken Watkins]

Mark,

Thanks for the info, I missed this whilst I was "away":bg3::bg3:

I was also in Zimbabwe

Nice image

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - nice interaction. Image looks a little soft compared to your usual posts, not sure if it is the distance from the subject or movement.

TFS,
Rachel

[Ken Watkins]

Rachel,

Regarding your comment on sharpness it is probably down to the relatively large crop.

[Harshad Barve]

Ken ,
I liked this as excellent behavioral image , very well done
TFS

[Sid Garige]

Habitat make is for me Ken. Cats blend in to the habitat very well. Great job