Carrying on Hilary's theme of 'close-ups', here is one from one of the three Cheetah brothers was quite obliging, not only taking a kill down, but posing very close too. Not really much more you can say. Yes the black 'blob' at the top could go, and yes, the image would perhaps look cleaner, however working diagonally down to the left it's all part of the body in the BKG, so I will leave it in.
Steve
Subject: Cheetahs front paws, close-up (Acinonyx jubatus)
Location: Botswana
Camera: Canon MKIV
Lens: 500f/4 plus 1.4x HH
Exposure: 1/400s at f/9 ISO400 +0.33 stop compensation
Crop: Cropped to pano (original capture horizontal)
Subject distance: 8m
Time of day: 8.34 am
One small piece of grass removed that was embedded in the termite mound








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