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    Ken Watkins
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    Here is another less "comfortable" pose, what a joy to see her moving about.

    Taken in Savute Marsh area of Chobe National Park,Botswana, 3rd January 2011.

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    Now this is an image which should bring you some awards , VWD Sir
    TFS

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    Excellent Ken, great sighting, always like images of leopards on trees TFS

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    Love the comp Ken. Nice eye contact as well. Colors look a bit oversaturated to me based on my memory of you other posts. Again lovely image
    TFS
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    Sweeeeeeet!!! This is a dream shot for loepards Ken.....might go a bit lighter on the eyes.....but outstanding!

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    Ken, amazing. Loved the strong comp with diagonals. Colors standing out so well because of the high-key treatment. TFS.

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    awesome capture

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    Nice clean shot and a great pose with the direct look and separation of all four legs.

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    Thanks for your kind comments, we were very lucky to find such a perfect subject in such a perfect tree.

    Just to prove you cannot have everything going your way the light was not with us.

    Todd,

    Looking at it again I think you are right about this being oversaturated, probably as a result of processing on this not so perfect monitor I have in my UK office.

    Peter,
    The BG was really that dull, I did the TIFF back home so it is highly probable that I ran NR on it and tried to" lift "it a little

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    gorgeous pose and exposure Ken! just a slight yellow cast (or oversaturation as you mention), easily fixed
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    lovely image ken ......

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    Ken - this is my favorite and it is a dream shot. Well done. Btw now that I see this one, I think what was strange in the other is that the fur on the back seems to be standing up.

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    Just back home and hopefully on a better monitor, this is what it should have looked like.

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