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    Ken Watkins
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    We found this Mum and relatively young cub, in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa 15th June 2011.

    Far away in poor light and with an "interesting" background

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    500mm F4 IS hand-held through window of our vehicle

    F9, ISO 800, 1/640

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    Hi Ken,
    Lovely interaction.
    Where did you come across them in the KTP.
    Best wishes,
    Mark.

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    Love the maternal bonding being played out here Ken, with just enough environmental scape evident.
    TFS


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    Great interaction capture, Ken, nice eye contact, and like how they contrast with habitat just enough to make the comp work well.

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    Mark,

    Looking at the date it must have been on our journey from Twee Rivieren to Gharagab (what a long way), due to the road closure we had to take a diversion, which turned out well

    I think it was at Batulama or Montrose, we were looking at the Giraffe when these two suddenly appeared.

    Marc and Brendan,

    Thanks for your comments, much appreciated

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    Hi Ken,
    This is the leopard cub I saw up the tree near Montrose and I have posted on the forum before. I did not see the mother, but the size of the cub would indicate the growth from Ocober 2010 to June 2011. It is so nice to see the two together and that the mother and cub have done well. All in all a very nice sighting.
    Thanks for sharing,
    Mark.

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    Mark,

    Thanks for the info, I missed this whilst I was "away"

    I was also in Zimbabwe

    Nice image

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    Ken - nice interaction. Image looks a little soft compared to your usual posts, not sure if it is the distance from the subject or movement.

    TFS,
    Rachel

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    Rachel,

    Regarding your comment on sharpness it is probably down to the relatively large crop.

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    Ken ,
    I liked this as excellent behavioral image , very well done
    TFS

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    Habitat make is for me Ken. Cats blend in to the habitat very well. Great job

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