Leopardess at rest

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana 13th March 2009

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 IS hand-held

F5.6, 1/400, ISO 800

[Fabs Forns]

Oh, those eyes are so beautiful, you can see the animal's soul in them. Good composition, although I may be tempted to crop him flush at the left. Filtered light was great here.

[Ed Cordes]

I love the expression. You did well with the exposure. I agree with Fabs that a crop from the left would be good.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Ken,
Watching a leopard is always a treat. I love their eyes. So I would have slapped a TC. Exposure is right. Good low level shot.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[D. Robert Franz]

Lighting and exposure handled very well here. Might like the comp either tighter on head or a bit looser with entire animal in the frame....

[Ken Watkins]

Here is a tighter crop, we were too close to get the entire animal, some of which was hidden by undergrowth.

I think this looks better thanks for your suggestions.