Male Leopard portrait

[Danny Laredo]

This is one of two dominent Leopards in the lodge traversing area. He was having a rest under the shade at a dry river bed.

MkIII 500F4+TC x1.4 1/100 ISO 500




All c&c welcomed.

[Harshad Barve]

Hi Danny

He looks huge , crisp image , I am loving it

Harshad

[Steve Patterson]

Excellent portrait of a beautiful cat. The eyes look great, and that makes the image for me. You might want to clone out the grass in the upper right corner if you are so inclined.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Danny,
It is always good to see leopards. I like the eye contact. The tongue has become a little bit more red. I would reduce the colour temperature a bit as well as lower the saturation. Some blacks on the face and in the background have lost details. Is it full frame?

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Kirk Adams]

Great head shot, I like it as-is, no nits.

[Mike Fuhr]

What aperture did you use??

[Danny Laredo]

Thanks for the comments.
yes this is FF
sorry that i forgot the aperture...F7.1

[Jeffrey Sipress]

For a wild leopard, this is amazing. How does one get this fortunate?!

[Danny Laredo]

Jeffrey, like I said, he was resting at a dry river bed, and one of the advantages of a private game reserve is the ability to go off road and get really up close to wildlife.