Male Cheetah

[Ken Watkins]

One of the 3 male coalition who reside in the TsumTsum area of Kwara concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana takem 1st January 2011.

EOS 1D MkIV

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

F6.3, ISO 800, 1/320

[Harshad Barve]

Super like it Ken
Love the way techs are controlled, BG to die for and nice open mouth , excellent

[Rachel Hollander]

Ken - agree wih everything Harshad said. Well done.

TFS,
Rachel

[Hilary Hann]

Ken, this is very nice. I was processing a similar type of cheetah shot but with some shadow and I just can't get a satisfactory result from it. Like the background and the eyes.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for your comments.

We were very pleased with our sightings, in particular those where we had a full on stare directly into the camera (something that has been previously requested but obviously forgotten?)

[Marc Mol]

Everything to like here Ken, eye contact, open smile, good colour,BG & detail.
TFS

[Danny J Brown]

Ken,

A truly gorgeous shot and the color is sublime. I'm always so taken by the reddish eyes on these guys. I like your composition and the background is perfect, especially at ISO 800. Wonderful.

DB

[Morkel Erasmus]

great stare, image quality and techs Ken


just love their eyes. to my eyes this needs a slight rotation - about 1 degree clockwise to get the eartips and eyes aligned on the same viewing plane?

[Ken Watkins]

Marc & Danny,

Thanks for your comments

Morkel,

That is a bit too "technical" for me, but I'll take a look.

[Harshad Barve]

- about 1 degree clockwise to get the eartips and eyes aligned on the same viewing plane?

Too technical

[Todd Frost]

I like it as posted, without the rotation . Nice techs and great bg. Open mouth a plus. Well done.
TFS
Todd