To see a leopard you've got to be lucky; to see one in the open you've got to be lucky; to see one in daylight you've got to be lucky; to see one in Indian jungles you've got to be lucky; to see one with your family (my wife and our two sons were there when this image was taken!) you've got to be lucky! Now, how lucky is that! We came across this young female on a tree in a dense South Indian jungle in May last year. Ours was the only 4x4 open jeep there, and when another jeep, driven rashly by another driver appeared on the scene and skidded, tyres screeching, to a halt, the leopard decided to vamoose. I silently cursed the other driver for disturbing the leopard, but it was because of him that I got this image, much to the satisfaction of the judges of the Veolia Environnment BBC WPOTY 2009 competition. They decided, in their collective wisdom, to award me the runner-up award for this image in the Animals Behaviour: Mammals Category!
Location: Kabini, Karnataka, India
Date: May 2008
Equip: Canon 1D Mlll, Canon 500 f4
Specs: ISO 400, f 8, 1/80s, hand-held from an open jeep
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