OK, just to add one more into the collection of this months theme, some awesome postings to date folks and real pleasure to view & comment on and I hope/trust both Rachel & Morkel feel the same way!
This is the female Rachel & I spent time with one morning in the dense bush habitat and where we also bumped into Dumay again. Sadly both her & the cub were never scene after our encounter which is very sad indeed as both Mum & Cub gave us a tremendous show and a real privilege too.
Light was a little flat being in the shade, but with a lighter background where the light penetrated the canopy, so i've just balanced things out to how I wanted to portray the frame. The face IMHO clearly states/conveys who is boss. I deliberately shot tight and wanted more of a frame filler here, but the amount of time spent on this encounter meant we could shoot a whole raft of images in so many ways.
I'm not going to do a clean up on the light foliage by the ear, or the darker branch LHS, it looks to manicured and there is no real need, the location is what it is and IMHO doesn't detract.
Thanks for either viewing or commenting on the previous image.
Steve
Subject: Leopard (Panthera pardus) head shot, face only
Location: SA
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 500f/4 MKII locked down onto the Uniqball head set-up
Exposure: 1/250s at f/11 ISO3200
Original format: Landscape, very slight crop
Processed: LR6 2015 & PS CC2015








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..... very well done in both environments
for the given tech circumstances .
, i like it .



