Hi Ken: That is a smoking hot, in your face leopard shot. Those eyes......Nice handheld work by the way with that 500F4 and very well exposed. I would like to see the photo with a tiny bit of CCW rotation, probably one degree, because it seems a hair off-kilter to me. Either way -- awesome.
Really like this one Ken, especially the eyes & whiskers! Handholding the 500mm f/4? Never tried that with my 500 f/4.5:)- would have been too shaky seeing that leopard anyway....well done.
The emotion is just so powerful with the eye contact, and thats the essence of photography in my opinion.
I know the highlights aren't blown, but I may tone down the top right corner on the cat's back just a bit. Mind you I think it would only improve the image from a 9.9 to a 10 ;).
Hi Ken love that image but do go tighter... tighter Would love seeing more of the face close up !!! ... btw give the exp comp if possible, makes a different to evaluate !!!
Great close up Ken, and well done with the DOF at such close range. Great overall detail, and of course, the close eye contact puts this over the top. Well done.