Leopardess

[Ken Watkins]

A sighting earlier in the evening in golden rather than red light.

Taken in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, 6th September 2010

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F$ IS hand-held from pen game viewing vehicle

F5.6, ISO 800, 1/640, EV +0.67

[peter delaney]

love the sleek mode she is in...
you did the best with the situation .... great light.. but angle and setting against you...

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[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - I like the slinking pose but with the head turn towards you. I find the bg immediately behind the torso a little distracting, it seems whiter than the rest of the bg and I'm not sure what is causing it.

TFS,
Rachel

[Hilary Hann]

Would also be interested to know what that lighter patch of vegetation behind the leopard is … but I like the way she is slinking past you, keeping eye contact and also the slight touch of red in her mouth.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for the comments, obviously it is a nuisance that the BG is cluttered but that is what you get a lot of the time, I liked it for the look on the face.

As for the white areas it was the colour of the grass I tried to tone it down a bit but this is the best I could do, again bad placement by the grass;)

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken -at least the taller grass wasn't between your vehicle and her :).

Rachel

[Robert Amoruso]

Ken,

Primo capture. None of the habitat bothers me. The pano framing accentuates the forward motion and sleekness of the cat. Well done.

[Ken Watkins]

Robert,

Thanks very much:)

[Harshad Barve]

Cluttered BG is there home Ken :) and thats why do not bother me , love the pose of Lady and light here
TFS