"Smiling" Cheetah (First 2011 sighting)

[Ken Watkins]

Actually he was calling for his brother.

Taken in Kwara concession, Northern Botswana, 1st January 2011

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held from open game viewing vehicle.

F5.6, ISO 800, 1/800

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Ken love the smile, stunning eye contact and like the soft light. The flowers add to the lovely BG. I have seen Cheetah only once in Botswana many years ago. Great shot

[Todd Frost]

Nice head on pose Ken. Good looking cheetah in nice surroundings, exposure and colors look good. I might give just a slight amount of selective sharpening to the head/face. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - nice pose and comp. Nice green environment too. He looks wet. I'm guessing you had a fair amount of rain on your recent trip.

TFS,
Rachel

[Andy Biggs]

Cool smile!

[Sid Garige]

sure he is smiling at you Ken. Cool expression.

[Lorant Voros]

Love the pose and noce low angle. I realy like to see this cat in this green enviroment. Nice work.

Lorant

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely soft light Ken, and I like the eye contact here. There's a great 3D effect to this. What a great sighting for the first day of the year.:w

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to all for your kind and constructive comments, it certainly was a nice way to start the year

[Morkel Erasmus]

love the expression and head-on pose here with the surprisingly low POV :)
how about a slight shave off the LHS and top?

[Johan Kruger]

You trained him well, say CHEESE :D

[Harshad Barve]

absolute fantastic image , super coll smile too
TFS