Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending May 17th, 2013: Hirandesilve - The resting leopard

Congratulations Hiran!

A sleeping pose making the Leopard look totally at rest. Every few minutes he did wake up and stare at the camera. I took this picture sometime back but thought I would like to post it here. Yala Nature Park, Sri Lanka.

Nikon D 700 200-400 F/4 400mm f/7.1 1/250 ISO 400 Taken from vehicle, Beanbag at 3.30pm. PS cropped ( approx 60% of Image) Shadow/highlights Levels adjusted, NR BG and sharpened.

Comments and Critiques appreciated.

Thanks

Hiran

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The Resting Leopard picture I posted sometime back has been picked as the wildlife, image of the week, I am so happy I did think this image was a winner.

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Well deserved Hiran, it's a lovely image, keep the hard work going, plus posting, I'm sure there is more to come from you. :cheers: :cheers:

Congrats Hiran!! :5
Keep them coming...

Wonderful image Hiran