After claiming my many daytime sightings I couldn't not post a picture.
Crazy busy here at the moment, just came across this old one.
I like it because this picture tells more then just a leopard. She was hunting in the morning, and at the time this picture was taken she was looking at some impalas in the distance. Maybe I should have gone for a higher f to get more depth of field but amount of light didn't allow it.
This was taken with Canon 30D, ISO 400, Sigma 150-500mm OS @ 150mm, F6.3, 1/200, handheld.
Raw image re-processed in LR3, scaled down to 800 pixels wide so I could save it at a reasonable quality.
We watched her disappear in the bush and waited about 45 min for her to stalk the impalas. The impalas never saw her coming. Suddenly she dashed across the road and....missed. It was over in a second. Never saw her again that morning, but you have to take your chances.








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