We sat with the 3 cheetah brothers with their kill for about 90 mins having them to ourselves as all the other vehicles had gone back for lunch. So whilst the light was horrible, it was a pleasure to just sit on the plains sharing the panting, crunching and slurping sounds. However, one of the interesting behavioural aspects of watching them for this length of time was seeing this one cheetah who every now and then would stretch his neck out and set his jaw, looking at one or other of his brothers with a slightly irritable, almost aggressive pose. I found it hard to illustrate the pose well but I think the b&w gave it slightly more of the aggression that he showed, than the colour which really just highlighted the bad light.
I debated allowing for more space but decided to try for more of a pano crop to mirror the neck, but I'm not sure really.
So not sure whether it will be to anyone's tastes, but I was personally pleased with how it evolved so wanted to share it anyway. I won't be too caste down if no one likes it!It's all subjective after all.
7D; 100-400 @ 170; f10; 1/1250; ISO400







It's all subjective after all.
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