Based on Loi's posting this was an image a few of you have seen a while back, but no posted, but I thought it was worth posting now. This was from the sighting we encounter with mum & cub and where we also met up with Dumay too. Light was still of a premium, I guess I could have gone to ISO6400 and upped the f-stop, but it's all a trade off. Even with a minimal crop you can see how the DoF drops away quickly. I did toy with moving the crop more left so split the nose dead centre, but I quite like to see the nose.
Thanks for either viewing or commenting on the previous image.
Steve
Subject: Female Leopard (Panthera pardus), head shot, close-up
Location: SA
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 500f/4 with 2x
Exposure: 1/400's at f/9 ISO3200 HH
Original format: Portrait, slight oration and cropped
Processed: LR6 2015 & PS CC2015







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. Just take a few frames at a more gentle rate, as you also have to think about the vibration down the barrel too, as you shoot, I found above f/8 on the 200-400 it can ring like a church bell at times.
, thank you!
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