I recently returned from a wonderful trip to the Pantanal in Brazil. One of my main goals was to photograph jaguars. I was amazed to see jaguars every day we went out on the boat! In the area of the Three Brothers tributary on the Cuiaba River, the jaguars have inadvertently become habituated to people by the fishermen who have been leaving their fishy remains on the shores for years and years. Viewing this jaguar were 8 smallish, open boats of thrilled tourists drifting in front of him. For the most part the jaguar simply dozed or watched for capybara on the opposite shore.
It was a challenge most of the time to photograph the jaguars because we always saw them on side of the river with the sun to their backs, making the sun in our faces! This put the cats in blotchy shade most of the time. Of course this is the best position for them, keeping the sun out of their eyes and taking advantage of their spotted coat in the blotchy sunlight. Often there was also vegetation partially hiding the cat. Still I took loads of images and marveled at such magnificent animals.
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 400 f4 DO IS, 1/200, f5, exp. comp. +2/3, ISO 2000
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. Rachel has been helping me as well so hope my pp improves!
), and this species is a bucket-list dream for me to tick off one day.

