Like mother, like son.

[Marc Mol]

This is mum with one of her two 11 month old boys, on the lookout for baby Tommie snacks.;)

D3s 500VR+1.4tc 1/800s ISO1600@f/7 Masai Mara, Kenya Oct 2010

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Marc, great colour on this one, again the BG really compliments the Cheetahs very well. Good detail where it should be, with that lovely warm ochre colour in the eye. Personally I am 50/50 with the other Cheetah, having just the one might be cleaner perhaps, but as the second one is almost parallel I feel it balances it well and avoids the more predictable shot?

Seems that the Mara is the in place to be. Think you have had a very 'profitable' trip, nice one.

TFS
Steve

[Randy Stout]

Marc:
Lovely cat. Any chance of moving a bit to your left to move the back cat so it didn't overlap with the front?

Cheers

Randy

[Marc Mol]

Thanks Steve

Marc:
Lovely cat. Any chance of moving a bit to your left to move the back cat so it didn't overlap with the front?

Cheers

Randy

Valid point Randy, just as I tried a stretch to the left she had moved off.:(

[Austin Thomas]

Great details overall Marc and I really like the colour in the eye.

I am with Randy that a stretch to the left would have improved this one even more.

I see you picked a better day to photograph this family than I did !

Cheers

Austin

[Marc Mol]

I see you picked a better day to photograph this family than I did !

Cheers

Austin

Thanks Austin

For at least part of the afternoon, around an hour later it poured down, buy they did manage a baby Tommie shortly after.

[John Ippolito]

Lovely image in color, comp and detail. While it might have been better with no convergence of the cats, for me there is plenty of apparent separation by soft focus and tones of the BG cheetah. I also like the symmetry of the two figures. Very nice work.

[Rachel Hollander]

Marc - Another well done image. The lack of separation doesn't bother me and I sympathize on the restraints of vehicle and cooperative subjects.

TFS,
Rachel

[Harshad Barve]

This is just too good , I love this as posted
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

Marc,

Another great and different capture. I wonder how it may have looked in portrait?

[Stu Bowie]

Now this image rocks Marc. Great intense stare, and I like the symmetrical pose of the OOF cheetah in the BG. Well done.

[DanWalters]

Nice comp. I like the OOF cheetah in the background.