Cheetah bros trio on patrol.

[Marc Mol]

17.54 hrs.
The 3 Cheetah bros, Snap, Crackle & Pop on patrol and stopping off at one of their favourite Acacia trees to scent mark.
Masai Mara- Kenya Oct 2010
Darkened the sky in Nik Color Efix Pro3 using a ND grad filter. slight crop to pano.

D700 70-200VRII ISO800 1/250s f/7@116mm

C & C most welcome

Cheers
Marc

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Marc, this has a wonderful feel to it. The distant woodland, hills and storm sky add a lot of depth to the shot. For me the pic might have been even stronger without the cheetah on the RHS.
It looks as if they are all going to walk to the right side, out of interest, did you take any more shots after this with perhaps the tree on the left and the cheetah all walking the same direction to the right.? (I guess you would have lost the storm sky then though!)
Nice shot, and good to see animals in their habitat.
cheers
Grant

[Marc Mol]

Thanks Grant

did you take any more shots after this with perhaps the tree on the left and the cheetah all walking the same direction to the right.? (I guess you would have lost the storm sky then though!)

I do have quite a few frames after this Grant, but your right about losing the dramatic sky, also the road/track comes into play also which is why the slight crop to pano.

[Harshad Barve]

Yet another winner Marc , excellent
TFS

[Hilary Hann]

Very dramatic landscape although you could almost miss the cheetahs as the sky draws the attention first. Finding the cheetah around the tree is an added bonus to the image.

[Arthur Morris]

With the light portion of the sky drawing the viewer's eye, this one simply does not work for me. The cheetah's barely register on my brain.... I do like the basic composition.

[Ken Watkins]

With the light portion of the sky drawing the viewer's eye, this one simply does not work for me. The cheetah's barely register on my brain.... I do like the basic composition.

Marc,

I have to agree with Art on this one:(

[Rachel Hollander]

Marc - I agree with Grant, Art and Ken. I think this is more about the dramatic sky than the cheetahs and IMHO they don't add anything to the image. Sorry.

TFS,
Rachel