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by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 2, 2014128 views8 comments
One from our many marvelous Leopard sightings in Khwai Community, Botswana, last year
EOS 1D MkIV
70-200mm F2.8 MkII
F4.5
ISO 800
1/800
Taken late evening

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 2, 2014 at 9:38 AM
Very nice Ken. Great to get one of these guys in an uncluttered setting. The lighting may not have been ideal, but still a great capture. Must have been a thrill.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 2, 2014 at 10:39 AM
Detail is wonderful, with excellent depth of field, helping to lift the leopard from the background. I find the background a little unfortunate, but that was beyond all control. Pose is especially pleasing. I like how the tail and the snag angle to the corners.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments
Comment posted by William Bickle on June 2, 2014 at 1:25 PM
Hello Ken

well done ! Great to see a very natural composure. The curl of the tail is Great!.

Bill
Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments
Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on June 2, 2014 at 5:02 PM
Looks like your return to this area served you well, Ken. Love the pose and setting.
The only thing I'd change is the overtly green cast - especially on the leopard and prevalent in the yellows, reds, blacks, whites...
:razz:
Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 2, 2014 at 10:45 PM
I downloaded the image and adjusted the color balance. Morkel was right. There was a green cast to it. The change made a huge difference. Good observation Morkel.
Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments
Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on June 2, 2014 at 11:10 PM
You have a killer (no pun intended! :biggrin: ) here, Ken!
Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 3, 2014 at 12:50 AM
Thanks to everybody for your kind comments, I can see no green cast but perhaps it is my monitor or eyes :biggrin:
At least it did not need rotation :wink:
Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 3, 2014 at 4:22 PM
Really nice job exposing this so well with the little light you had Ken. I also see a bit of the green cast Morkel is referring to, but easy correction.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments