I'm fairly certain this is Vombra's father (the young male leopard I posted in 'walkabout'), a full grown male Leopard in his prime, but I'm sure Rachel will correct me if I'm wrong.
Some people have hang ups about roads, and yes, in an ideal world it's better shot in a lovely green stretch, but given the choice of photographing a Leopard or not, some nice soft sand to walk on and where your presence can be masked/silent, well I too would choose the road. In full prime this Leopard was awesome and just out for his afternoon patrol.
Thanks for either viewing or commenting on the previous image.
Steve
Subject: Male Leopard (Panthera pardus) on patrol, sandy track, mid afternoon
Location: SA
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 200-400f/4 with ext, 560mm
Exposure: 1/1250s at f/5.6 ISO800
Original format: Portrait, crop from the top
Subject distance: 21m








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Nice walking pose and I like the sidelight hitting the eye as well as the gaze on something off in the distance. It works for me whichever leopard it is.
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