7D
1/500
F 5.6
ISO 800
500 F4 + 1.4 CONV.
Kruger National Park, South Africa
7D
1/500
F 5.6
ISO 800
500 F4 + 1.4 CONV.
Kruger National Park, South Africa
A beauty Stephen! Says everything about the stealthiness of a leopard, well depicted.
Great eye contact, really showing off her? large whiskers nicely.
TFS
Really like the setting on this one Stephen, nice to see a different habitat. I also like the pose, position in frame as the path in the rocks leads you to the subject and as Marc highlighted, the eye contact too.
Personally i would suggest you look at removing the slight yellow cast and getting slightly cleaner whites, just a thought. What time of day was this taken?
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
I would suggest a tighter crop here Stephen even though it does result in a square frame (ROT - vertical right line thru centerline of eyes).
The cat looks great with that stare - hence my thought to strengthen the image around the cat and have less rock. I find the greenery a visual distraction as it stands out on the rock so vividly.
Great stalking pose, eye contact and habitat. I agree it's nice to see a different habitat every so often.
TFS,
Rachel
Great setting, looks like a cougar in the SW US.
Nice DOF and a super stalking pose.
Dan Kearl
Very cool. Nice surroundings, like he's coming out of his lair, and a great stance by the cat.
Thanks for the replies everyone. Robert, I take your point about the composition. I was a bit undecided myself and thought the environment was part of the story. Always good to have different opinions and I agree about the greenery.
great pose and setting indeed, effective DOF too
great sighting for Kruger! was this near Malelane?
I like the framing as posted. Great sharpness for the combo used - curious about whether you support it on a beanbag or on a wimberly door-mount? I've found that using the 500+1.4 on my D7000 (which gives almost the same FOV) you need excellent technique and good support...![]()
Morkel, this was near Pretoriuskop. I used a beanbag here as I'm not a big fan of wimberly syle door-mounts in self drive vehicles. Too restrictive.
Killer stare! I agree it is nice to leopard in the rocky setting. I have only seen them with a lot of vegetation around.
Stephen,
This has to be amongst the best Leopard images I have seen in an awfully long time. I cannot really comment on colour problems mentioned by others as I am on a cheap monitor in UK. Beautiful pose, beautiful setting I like the shrubbery