Wildlife IOTW 9/25/09 Chris van Rooyen

[Alfred Forns]

Congratulations Chris van Rooyen
Leopard

I photographed this leopard at Sabi Sabi Lodge in South Africa. I used only the light of the spotlight, as I do not like the cold flash look at night. The slow SS results in many blurred images, but the few that work makes for dramatic images of predators.

Camera Model: NIKON D3
Date/Time: 2009:08:23 17:46:15
Shutter speed: 1/50 sec
Aperture: 4
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 3200
Lens: 200 to 400mm
Focal length: 280mm

[Roman Kurywczak]

Stunning Chris! Very well deserved!!!

[denise ippolito]

Fantastic image!Congrats!

[Harshad Barve]

Stunning image ! Very well deserved

[Morkel Erasmus]

jip another deserved IOW - lovely pose, sharpness and IQ (especially for ISO 3200!)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Chris! This is about as good as it gets.

[Doug Brown]

Awesome Chris! Congrats!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Love the light and the look in the eyes, another stunning image.

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations Chris...:cool:

[Christopher Miller]

Big congrats, Chris, on winning two categories! Well deserved!

[edgar-junior]

Congratulations Chris !!!

[Paul Lagasi]

Congratulations Chris...just lovely..

[Phil Ertel]

Congratulations Chris on Wildlife Image of the Week. Wow two categories in the same week; Well Done!.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congratulations Chris

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Fantastic image. Congratulations.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks everyone, always greatly appreciated!!

[Indranil Sircar]

Outstanding image, Chris! Congratulations!

[Nate Chappell]

Gorgeous shot Chris, congrats!

[ashok chaudhary]

OMG Superb ....pain with light...