Eyeing up your prey.
06.27am
We had the privilege of watching this 2 year old male Cheetah hunt and take down a young Wildebeest this particular early cloudy morning.
The acceleration by this male was unbelievable, one minute simply strolling along, the next hitting the afterburners taking off and nailing his prey in what seemed a matter of seconds.
Here he is about 90 seconds before his success.
D3s 500VR 1/200s ISO3200@f/5.6 Nth Serengeti, Tanzania Oct 2010.
C & C most welcome
Cheers
Marc
Wow!!!! It's fantastic. When it came up on my screen I was in a state of ahhhhhh.
Pete
Hi Marc, this is stunning. The way he is leaning into his intense stare, the contrast of subject to BG...great shot. If anything perhaps toning down the darkest part of that blue patch above him in the BG a tiny bit....
Well done, I can't believe how many good images you picked up on one trip...
TFS
Grant
Marc , My standing ovation for this beauty , The BEST I have seen from you 2010 trip
TFS
Love this Marc. Agree with Grant re the stare, BG separation etc. Love the body language. So I suppose we wait and see what further action you captured!! :)
Hi Marc, I thought the lion family was good, but this has just taken the next step up.
Fantastic quality based on the ISO. Really like the POV and placement in the frame and the colours and very rich and vibrant. The strength in the pose, lowered head and focus is compelling, along with your intro text, it leaves the viewer with the whole picture. Excellent.
TFS
Steve :)
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A killer image (pun intended) :). With that pose, there is no mistaking what this cheetah is thinking. This beautiful image is certainly contest-worthy. Cheers.
Marc - wow, I agree on what's been said above and also like how the edges of the mound lead to the corners of the fshot, great comp. Can't wait to see your captures of what happened next. Very well done.
TFS,
Rachel
Appreciate the positive comments everyone.
LIke that clean background and the "crouched" look he is giving.
I echo all of the above comments. There is simply nothing else to add about this superlative image.
Andrew
Great BG, "perch", and pose. He certainly seems to be dialing it in.
can only echo that this is superb Marc...love the pose and mood here...perhaps a tight oversharpened as I'm viewing it, and also a blueish-greenish cast overall?
do you have any of the chase?
Hi Marc,
This is right up there with your unbelivable dog images from a while back. This red-eyed predator just pops off the screen and I would guess I'll see it again on "Image of the Week." Wow, is all I have to say beyond that. Wow.
DB
Originally Posted by Hilary Hann
Not any of the chase Hilary & Morkel, as we were racing just to keep up with him in the savanna scrub, but managed a few of him on the still struggling young Gnu.
Ill post some of those soon.
Fantastic pose very well captured.
The pose, sharp detail and contrast in colours puts this in a class of its own. Fantastic stuff Marc.
Don't get no better than this Marc.Love the pose, exposure and detail are great as well.
TFS
Todd
Oh man, love how intense his focus is!
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