Wildlife IOTW for week ending 9/10/2010 Andrew Aveley: Leopard

Congratulations Andrew Aveley!!! Wildlife IOTW for the week ending 9/10/2010: Leopard

1. My First post as a member on BPN .On a recent trip to Sabi Sands in the Greater Kruger area of South Africa , I photographed this young male leopard on patrol of his territory. We anticipated he would take this short path into the open of a fire break before moving back into the cover of a thicket. I was rewarded with a few frames of this head on view. It was late afternoon with overcast sky s.

ISO 1000 , F4 , Canon 1dMK3 , 300 F2.8 L , Monopod with Wimberley Head

PP included USM and basic levels and NR.

Missed this first time round as I was out of Internet reach, not often you get a Leopard in this sort of interesting pose.

Congratulations:cheers::cheers:

congrats on this one Andrew - and with your first post as member "nogal" :)

Congratulations Andrew

Congrats Andrew! Well deserved!

Nicely done Andrew..good head-on angle and raised paw make it work for me
cheers
Grant

I love this image since the moment you posted it. Very well deserved to make it the IOTW. Big congratulations, Andrew.

Lorant

thanks for the great feedback on this site! It great to share this amazing world of wildlife!

Congrats Andrew, great image and angle!