Not the world's greatest and the tech's could have been a lot better, but with constant changing of light, position/location of the cubs and the vehicle, things as we all know, can be forgotten in the heat of the moment. Oh for the 1DX then!
These are two cubs that have been posted before, taken after 6.00pm when the light was just starting to go, but strong enough to get some nice highlights, albeit through very dense thicket where Mum (Mom) had concealed them, safe from harm whilst she retrieved the previous nights kill. Just didn't have enough to pull back to include the paws, but personally I think there is enough interest within frame with the 'head on' cub and the other one 'stalking' in the BKD.
Yes I should have tweaked the internal settings of the camera for higher ISO, likewise upping the ISO for more SS, or dropped to f/4 at least... oh well
Steve
Subject: Leopard cubs in dense thicket (Panthera pardus)
Location: Botswana
Camera: Canon MKIV
Lens: 500f/4 HH
Exposure: 1/200s at f/5.6 ISO800 0 stop compensation









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However, I do take your point Nancy about the chin highlight which is easily fixed, I left it as it was the same strength that ran down the length of that front paw.
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