Snow leopard (C)

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 14, 2011135 views3 comments

The young snow leopard Rilo has adjusted very well to his new home. He has even been seen climbing the trees in the covered exhibit. I was able to photograph him from right outside of his exhibit. Due to the trees the exhibit was fairly shaded, which presented some challenge in getting good exposure and stopping action.

Canon T1i
1/125 @ f-5 ISO400
Canon EF-S 55-250 @ 123mm
monopod use. Spot metering.
Raw converted to Jpeg

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 16, 2011 at 8:42 AM

Hi John,

Other than that front right paw, this looks quite sharp and you seemed to stop this action quite well. Overall a solid capture of an amazing species. In a perfect world a lower shooting angle would be nice, but I fully understand the limitations of your shooting situation - I'm not sure hopping down into the enclosure to get a shot from closer to eye level would have gone over too well!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 17, 2011 at 8:09 AM

Great job under these shaded conditions John, well composed portrait shot.
Like the way the face is framed with the leaves and tree trunk here.
Not much you could do about the POV with the exhibit set-up..
Well done!

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 17, 2011 at 10:58 AM

Nice job of working in a limited situation. Can you slightly tweak just the leopard to bring out a little more brightness?

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