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    ChasMcRae
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    Being eyed by healthy looking Jaguar from a tree leaning at a 45 degree angle over the river.
    At the time too excited to be worried.
    Unfortunately light from side-back but rimmed only a small part of the body. As you can see I jacked the ISO way up because handheld and motion in the boat.

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    Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
    Camera serial number: 241625
    Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
    Date/Time: 2005:08:10 18:20:14
    Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
    Aperture: 5.6
    Exposure mode: Av
    Flash: Off
    Metering mode: Multi-segment
    ISO: 1600
    Lens: 100 to 400mm
    Focal length: 170mm
    Image size: 800 x 640
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    Who cares Chas, this is a shot most of us may never get! So well done just to capture this
    huge male out in the open.
    Spent 12 months travelling overland in Sth America over 17 years ago and never saw a spot!


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    Hey Chas - I think we sometimes take extraordinary images for granted here because we see so many but this is fabulous and we all can just dream at getting a shot like this. Glad you stayed calm enough to make it a beauty. Well done.

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    This is terrific , Jaguar on tree , I will take this beast in ANY lighting
    TFS

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harshad Barve View Post
    This is terrific , Jaguar on tree , I will take this beast in ANY lighting
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    Me too!

    Another marvelous capture!

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    Magnificent looking specimen, Chas, well captured! I might have dropped the camera overboard instead of keeping a cool head & getting the shot. Thanks for sharing.

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    Charles,
    We give critiques while trying to visualise the scene. However, at times we fail to realise the situation, rarity of the scene etc. However, we know photographing a wild Jaguar is one such rarity. Most of us are likely to never see one in the wild. I hardly use the ISO 1600 in my 1D II. However, I guess, I may also have used the ISO 1600 in such a situation. And if the jaguar would have been there for sometime, then I would have tried a lower ISO.

    I would like to see some more space at the right. Thanks for sharing.

    Cheers,
    Sabyasachi

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    No worries Charles - he looks to have a full belly.

    Great shot - I love the squiff expression on his face. The pose and the lighting are very attractive. Excellent. Super cat.

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    Visualize this picture of #4 people in a john type boat(#3 trying to photograph) in a flowing river rotating the boat and the Jaguar moving constantly(mostly) on the river bank,up a tree,jumping at a monkey(hidden) ,moving through the high contrast jungle bank and you can imagine the thoughts of a photographer. It reminded me of the stories of deer hunters who get "Buck" fever. Hard to consider all ramifications of exposure,ISO,lens selection,etc-I would not have traded it for the world, but in retrospect as a photographer second guessed myself. I would guess my ISO was set when he was in the shade of the deep jungle and when he moved quickly out in the open just got excited and forgot everything.

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    Sounds very challenging, but a great reward. Seems a zoom is the most useful lens in this situation as I guess the jaguar keeps moving closer or further away. Thanks for all the insights Charles.

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    Quite a capture! It would be worthwhile to do some careful masking so you can bring out the subject a little more (some judicious "fill flash" after the fact).


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    Great capture and good habitat, Chas, I like what David did in the repost.

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    Yep like the repost -I tried to bring it out some ,but you did a much better job.

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    Charles,

    Love the leopard images. Tom W. showed me some images from the trip as well.
    Tough shoot, but a few like these make it all worth it.

    Best,

    Chas

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    An amazing capture and a wonderful repost from the PS Magician. I agree wiht the others; I will take this image any way I can get it. Congrats on a fine capture.
    Cheers, Jay

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    What a grand capture, Chas, and David's work on your image is superb. I would, however, tweak the colour of the jaguar a little to make it less yellow, and more orange-ish.

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