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    Ken Watkins
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    Taken in Ruaha Nartional Park, Tanzania, 6th September 2020, rather late.

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    F5.6, 1/100, ISO 800, EV +0.33

    No more room:(

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    Nice light Ken and the crop works. Trust you didn't have to get on your hands & knees for this one, LOL.

    No more room
    Until Canon wake uop and make a 200-400 I guess we will always have problems like that. ;)
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    Ken,

    If they are relatively static, a stitched pano will work. Nice light and pose makes for an appealing image.

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    Very nice habitat image Ken. Like the soft evening light.

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    Another beautiful leopard image taken late in the day. The light is just incredible. It's as if the viewer can feel the warmth of the sunset. Keep 'em coming like this. Cheers.

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    Ken - I too like the crop and the light. Congrats on getting a clear view of the leopards, no easy feat :cool:.

    TFS,
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    I really like the way the right cats body is positioned to the other one. The composition is well thought out.:)

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    Excellent image Ken , Love the light and relaxed pose , They are not so easy subjects , VWD
    TFS

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    This is actally full width, we obviously needed to be a little further away or have the LONG AWAITED 200-400mm zoom. Getting the driver to move back a bit would probably have taken until dark:)

    Thanks for the kind comments, the light was incredible, I should really have upped the ISO, but luckily I got away with it;)

    This was probably one of the best Leopard sightings we have ever had.

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    Lovely image, beautiful light. As far as not having any more room, could be worse and you might have cropped both tails!! :confused: As it is, really nice.

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    As everyone says, lovely light. I like the crop as well given the tightness of the shot. Tough to be "to close". I agree the zoom can't come soon enough!

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    fantastic light. mmmmm so on the 6th September 2020 canon still don't have a 200-400 ???:D

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Aveley View Post
    fantastic light. mmmmm so on the 6th September 2020 canon still don't have a 200-400 ???:D
    Oops:)

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