Sorry folks - this is a repost of a post that got removed for too many posts in 24 hrs. (Its a fair cop). I will try to re-post a couple of members comments that were deleted with my post.
I am posting this photo due to its wildlife interest rather than its photographic merit. Unfortunately I had flash settings problems which led to too slow shutter speeds and high ISOs so achieving razor sharpness was a problem. This picture also has an element of subject movement - but I'll just claim that as 'artistic blur' if you don't mind!
The sighting was made in the Cuaiba River area out of Porto Jofre in Brazil's Pantanal.
I watched a pair of courting jaguars for 40 minutes while they were out in the open on a riverine sandbank. They mated 5 times. This photo shows the female swiping at the male immediately after mating. His head and neck was covered with fresh wounds where she had clouted him, claws out.
My guide had never seen such a sighting in 30 years of field experience in S.America.
A real privilege to see such fantastic animals so close up and completely ignoring us and our spotlights (we were the only boat !). Awesome sighting.
Tech Details:
Canon EOS 7D + 400 f4 DO +1.4x







Phil Perry Wildlife Photography
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