Cheetah

[Geoffrey Montagu]

One morning after hearing of a cheetah sighting, we made short order of it and found this beauty. The grasses were soaked from the previous nights heavy rain. This cheetah was stalking a large herd of semi-aquatic Lechwe Antelope in the Okavango Delta. C&C welcome.

D500, Sigma 150-600mm C @ 390mm, 1/2500s, f 7.1, HH, ISO 3200.

Removed some distracting grasses in cs6.

Geoffrey




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[Bill Dix]

Love the walking pose, with the Cheetah focused on his target. You can almost sense the rippling shoulder muscles.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A nice Cheetah shot Geoffrey, with good walking pose and nice techs. The pulled back ears and graze are cool.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Geoffrey - I too like the walking pose. You did well with the high grass to get the face clear. If it were mine I might open up the midtones just slightly. Watch the blacks and whites, they are bordering on being choked and hot, respectively.

TFS,
Rachel

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks Bill, Sanjeev, and Rachel. Thanks for the suggestion Rachel.


Geoffrey




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[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Geoffrey,

Nice techs here and good framing, I like the stalking pose and focus from this lovely cheetah in pursuit of the Lechwe. Subject looks in great shape, she must be a successful hunter

I find the whites a bit "grey" in places and blacks on the verge of being chocked, would be nice if you pulled back on contrast a little. Sharpness is there and overall colours look good to me.

I bet it wasn't easy to capture this cheetah, with all those tall grasses! But happy to see you had some awesome sightings in the Okavango and so looking forward to see more from this trip:)

Kind regards,