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Gallery: WildlifePosted July 11, 201490 views7 comments

It is not very often that you find a Leopard that does not run way unless it has been habituated to human presence. This is something that would be incredible in Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda as the area is rarely visited, even though it is the the most beautiful park in Africa I have ever visited.
This young male behaved as if visits by both of the vehicles in the park was normal, something that nobody had ever seen before, a great sign for future visitors!
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 270 mm
F7.1
ISO 3200 (for shutter speed)
1/800

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7 comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on July 11, 2014 at 9:49 AM

super shot Ken. I love the walk leopards walk down trees.
I've never been to Kidepo but many people have recommended it highly.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 11, 2014 at 11:34 AM

WOW! This is really nice. The detail in teh larger version is very good. Love the way he almost looks like he is gliding down the trunk.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 11, 2014 at 12:43 PM

Very neat action and pose, Ken. Did you darken the bg in this image? I'm seeing a bit of light colored stuff around the head when I look closely.

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Comment posted by Marina Scarr on July 12, 2014 at 12:26 AM

Cool composition here, Ken.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 12, 2014 at 1:15 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments

Martin,
You must go not exactly teeming with Wildlife, but beautiful! WCS survey conducted whilst we were there indicate 600 Elephants a large increase and no sign of poaching!

Dennis,
Sloppy processing I am afraid, thanks for spotting it, I will have a go at correcting it

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Comment posted by William Bickle on July 12, 2014 at 8:43 AM

Hello Ken

Well done. Amazing to see this guy in its stretched out decline

Bill

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on July 12, 2014 at 5:23 PM

Nice catch Ken ….. That looks like one massive tree

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