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Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending April 5th, 2013: John Ippolito - Cheetah cub in Grass
Congratulations John!
Cheetah cub taking a break from feeding on springbok kill.
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa side.
Photographed a couple of years ago, I keep coming back to this image. In the field, at first disappointed by the lack of a clean shot, I was taken by the possibilities of shooting through the impressionistic layers of OOF dry grasses. This was the cleanest opportunity presented before night fell. The cub's head was deeply stained from contact with the carcass.
Going for something a little different here, it looks more like an illustration than a photograph, especially in the jpeg conversion. Maybe the result is a bit too diffuse, but it prints nicely on a fine art cotton rag.
D700, 500/4 VR f4, 1/1600, ISO 1000, beanbag, crop from left and top. Sun was all but down.
Big thanks to Morkel for suggesting a terrific 14 day itinerary in the park. The drive upfrom Capetown was spectacular as well.
