This is the story of a courageous Cheetah cub in a large family of four cubs at Mashatu Game Preserve, Botswana. The cubs are about 15 months old, but still depend on Mom for food. On this day, Mom attempted to catch a baby Kudu, but failed and came back empty handed. The family was resting under the shade of a tree when a large troop of Baboons came upon them. One of the cubs had fled, but the remaining 3 cubs and Mom hunkered down hoping the Baboons will let them rest in peace. But that was not to be. You can see in the sequence that the Baboons showed aggression first. Mom was going to hunker down, but one of the cubs decided to take the matter in its hands and charged out to the intruders. He drew a couple of baboons from the family and courageously turned around facing them.
Around 10AM int he morning, sun was high int he sky.
#1 - #3: 5D3, 100-400 II @ 255 - 300mm, 1/1600, f8, ISO-1600
#4-#5: 5D3, 500f4, 1/1600, f8, ISO-1600
Pretty much straight from LR, reduced exposure, added contrast, sharpening.
Courageous Cub
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