A side on profile of this gorgeous encounter with this leopard and a few frames on from the previous one posted a short while ago. This is shooting across Dean, the rangers legs hence the tight format. Not ideal, the vegetation creeping in over the whiskers, but nothing you could do without loosing perhaps a hand in the process. The clipped whiskers on the RHS are not an issue to me, as they appear just to bleed off IMHO.
Yes, if I shot this again the ISO would have been considerably higher to gain more SS without question, but sometimes with good technique, bracing yourself in position and controlling other elements you can, if lucky, just about get away with a reasonable slow SS, but something I would not consider doing now, unless I had better options in HH/support.
Thanks for either viewing or commenting on the previous image.
Steve
Subject: Youg leopard (Panthera pardus), head shot
Location: SA
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 200-400f/4
Exposure: 1/160's at f/8 ISO800 HH
Original format: Portrait, very slight
Processed: LR6 2015 & PS CC2015







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