Hi all, I've just returned from my trip to Namibia and South Africa. Took a ton of images but have processed very few so far. I spent the last 5 nights of my trip at Kings Camp in the Timbavati and was extremely fortunate to have some extended and quality leopard sightings there. Here's one of the funnier images. This 8 month old cub was feeding on an impala his mom had killed (which was first stolen by a hyena but then mom stole it back). At one point, he flipped upside down and continued to eat. He stopped long enough for me to snap this one with his face in the clear.
Canon 5DIII
70-200 II @ 115mm
1/200
f6.3
ISO 400
Fill flash used. Luminosity mask, levels, curves and sharpened in CS5. Slight crop for composition.
C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,
Rachel







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Depending upon how long this Leopard stayed like this, I might have quickly swopped format to portrait, might have had the edge? You could try and boost the colour in the foliage/adjust the exposure (darken) which the flash might have diluted, reduce some red in the tree truck and just open the face a fraction more, it can take it, just a hint. Also perhaps cropping half inch off the RHS, just where the bow branches off to the right, 1024 x 724?





