On the rocks

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all

Yala national Park, Sri Lanka
D300 , 500/f4 + 1.4x , ISO 1000 at F5.6 , beanbag
All C & C are most welcome
Harshad

[Marc Mol]

I like the composition here Harshad, framed by the surrounding rocks, pity he's not too impressed by it all.:D
Might try a tad more USM
TFS

[Harshad Barve]

pity he's not too impressed by it all.:D

Yes Marc , It was one dull day and looks like he was fully bored. It rained after 5-10 mins heavily , Then he really enjoyed the rains , will post that image too.

[Harshad Barve]

BTW This is different subspecies of leopard ,

Sri Lankan Leopard - Panthera pardus kotiya

[Marc Mol]

BTW This is different subspecies of leopard ,

Sri Lankan Leopard - Panthera pardus kotiya

Yes, correct. I believe they are slightly smaller than African species Harshad?

[Harshad Barve]

I believe they are slightly smaller than African species Harshad?

Yes They are smaller than African and Indian cousins

Persian Leopard are biggest one.
Panthera pardus saxicolor - Central Asia. Listed as endangered. They are also known as the Iranian Leopard.

[Rachel Hollander]

Harshad - I really like the environment of this shot and thanks for the lesson on the various leopards. Agree with Marc that another round of USM might be in order.

TFS,
Rachel

[Harshad Barve]

Here is repost with one more round of USM

[Robert Amoruso]

I like the repost Harshad. USM was just what was needed.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Harshad, really liked the framing and the environment.

[Ken Watkins]

Harshad,

Miseed this yesterday, great habitat shot the rocks are splendid, the repost is better, but the Leopard is a little yellow for me (probably the monitor in UK).

Our Cape Leopards are considerably smaller than the normal African Leopard, yet to see one in the flesh, but have seen some remote camera captures.

[Stu Bowie]

Great repost Harshadbhai, and those colours stand out very well against the rocks.

[DanWalters]

Like how the dark rocks really bring out the colors of the subject.

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Harshad, lovely composition and framing here. When did you start shooting with a 500f4? Wonderful shot of the animal in its habitat. I totally agree with others above re the surrounding rocks offsetting the leopard very well
cheers
Grant

[Harshad Barve]

Grant Atkinson;597891. When did you start shooting with a 500f4?

I borrowed it from one of my friend