Golden Cub

[Brendon Cremer]

• Camera Canon EOS-1D Mark III
• Focal Length 500 mm
• Shutter Speed 1/1250 sec.
• Aperture 4
• ISO/Film 800

[Morkel Erasmus]

Light to die for here Brendon! Love it!
Low angle is also top notch...how'd you pull it off??

[Arthur Morris]

Beautiful animal and light. Love the one curved paw and the one raised paw. Does it need some CW rotation or is it headed uphill? Congrats on a great image.

[Brendon Cremer]

Thanks very much guys,

@ Artie she is moving up a small mound, i to felt i needed to adjust and rotate the image but when i did that it looked like she was walking down hill which was not the case. So left it as is.

@ Morkel, i was sitting on the floor of the cruiser using the sides of the bin to lean on and we were on slighly lower ground too which helped.

[Tom Graham]

I also wondered about the "hill". Sometimes just an angled perspective can give a path edge "tilt". But the animals stance/posture looks fine to me so have to go with it as is.
And love the low perspective and golden side/back light. Perfect color balance which is so difficult in such light.
Tom

[Pieter de Waal]

Exceptional light and low angle. Love the sense of movement with the raised paws.TFS.

[Harshad Barve]

Terrific image with great light and pose
TFS

[Hilary Hann]

Stunning light and pose here. Makes for one memorable photograph.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Gorgeous side lighting... Nice shooting angle

[ramesh anantharaman]

Brilliant light and an awesome subject captured beautifully

[DanWalters]

Great light and I like the golden grass in the background. Could use just a little rotation.

[Rachel Hollander]

Brendon - a little late here but great light and POV. I like the walking pose with the feet in mid-stride. A beautiful portrait, well captured.

TFS,
Rachel