Fine fangs

[Hilary Hann]

… for want of a better title!
We were lucky with our cheetah sightings in the Mara area with 12 different cats photographed in the week we were there. Add to that the 3 we saw in Laikipia and we were certainly blessed by them on this trip.

This mother and daughter were found soon after I photographed the wildebeest with egrets, still fairly early morning (7.38am) in the Mara North Conservancy. Soon after I took this photo the two of them moved to a nearby tree and settled down to sleep, both with very full bellies.

7D; 100-400 @ 310mm; ISO400; 1/800; f8 Bean bag, manual exp.

[Harshad Barve]

Liked the design of image and title too , excellent
TFS

[Rachel Hollander]

Hilary - those are some fine fangs. I keep looking at this image and cannot decide if the oof cheetah adds or detracts from the image for me. I think I would prefer it in if you were a little more to the right but from this perspective it's all about the in focus cheetah. The color, light and open grass location all make this stronger.

TFS,
Rachel

[Robert Amoruso]

I see Rachel's point Hilarye. If the OOF cat was facing youj and more left in the frame, I would say great. Here I think the main subject stands on it's own and would crop out the OOF cat.

[Marc Mol]

Love the lighting and low perspective here Hilary, but do agree that as it stands the OOF cat is a little distracting and cramped for space all round.
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

I agree about the OOF Cheetah, I think it brings little to the image, I would crop it out if IQ allows.

[Hilary Hann]

Almost full frame so can crop out the juvenile cheetah … just like that it will be gone, poor thing.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely pose...I like the OOF Cheetah, really adds to the balance of the image and the pano crop works nicely

[Hilary Hann]

Thanks Dumay.

[Morkel Erasmus]

I like your thinking here, but agree that in this case the OOF one needed to either be facing you or profiled distinctly sideways :)

nice yawn to follow up my yawns

[Steve Canuel]

Yes they are. I like the wedge shaped profile of the main subject. Don't mind the left one being OOF but personally would like to see the face or a better profile view.

[Hilary Hann]

nice yawn to follow up my yawns

Not as impressive as a lion!

Thanks Steve for your comments also.