leopard

[peter delaney]

D3 70-200 mm lens ,handheld.. spot light used... 1/320 @f2.8 iso 1000 ..

greater kruger, south africa...

[Dan Brown]

Very powerful image Peter! Love it! Comp, sharpness and spot lighting are great. Only wish that the lighting had been natural for better color, but this is fine!

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely chiaroscuro effect. I may have done this vertically, but still very dramatic!

[Charles Glatzer]

Peter,

Pretty cool and dramatic effect.
FYI-- should you so desire...you can feather the shadow edge by subtly moving the light around during the exposure. Additionally, spot metering in Av or manual if you have the time works well with this technique.

Best,

Chas

[Morkel Erasmus]

stunning pic Peter! shows the 'hunter of the night' very nicely...

[Phil Ertel]

Very dramatic!. I really like the mood from the darkness and the emerging face of the leopard. Thanks for sharing.

Oh, Thanks Chas for the tips.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very striking image and beautifully captured. Love this Peter.

[Marc Mol]

Great use of the spotlight and the D3, nicely captured Peter.

[Harshad Barve]

very powerful image
TFS

[John Blumenkamp]

Lots of impact with the lighting you've captured here... I like it as a vertical crop even more.

[Hilary Hann]

This shows what can be done when out spot lighting, love the image. I am happy with the crop the way it is, gives the leopard something to move into. Charles, interesting tip for feathering the spot also, hope to be able to use it one of these days.

[Ken Watkins]

Great image and another fine example of what can be achieved with a spotlight, now that we have very usable high ISO speeds.

So much better than the harshness of flash!

[David Fletcher]

Very striking and dramatic Peter. Well done! Perfect portrait of the night hunter.

[Stu Bowie]

Good use of the spotlight Peter, and just love night shots of leopards. Well captured.

[peter delaney]

Thank you each and all for comments,appreciated. Fabs will play with crop and try vertical, Chas agree about the feathering with spotlight... unfortunately was not me holding flash....

thanks again

Peter