Leopardess

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Kwando concession, Northern Botswana, 13th March 2008

EOS 1D MkIIn

70-200mm F4 at 200mm

F6.3, 1/250, ISO 400

[D. Robert Franz]

A classic leopard in the tree pose.... A slight boost in the contrast might help.. Well done!

[Harshad Barve]

what a pose , classical leopard resting on tree, agreed on boosting contrast
TFS

[Glenda Simmons]

Love it! The eyes and face are very sharp. She looks to be enjoying a lazy day, but those eyes look very alert. I hope it was a big crop, because you were awful close with a 70-200mm lens!

[David Fletcher]

Lovely comp and expression Ken. Agree with some contrast and maybe another round of usm? Nice shot and TFS

[Fabs Forns]

Very relaxed pose, on a very pleasing image, Ken, well exposed and good composition.

[Steve Canuel]

Agree on a bit of contrast/sharpening. Love the pose and the look on its face. I personally think you could crop out the tail on this one and still have a very nice image. IMO, there's too much empty space below the trunks.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for the comments.
Steve
I agree that the tail could probably be cropped and this would make a better picture. This is a constant problem with Leopards in trees.
Glenda,
This is about half of the frame taken in landscape, the leopard was at most 15 metres away not very close at all.

[Vivek Khanzode]

Ken

Classic Leopard pose. One more vote for boosting the contrast and may be warming it up just a tad bit with a little USM.

-- Vivek

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ken,
Don't know how I missed this......super pose and great job keeping the sky from blowing out! nicely done.