A Rarity?

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 1, 201492 views3 comments

During the dark years of Idi Amin Uganda's Wildlife suffered greatly in particularly Cheetah, There are very few left in Uganda, so it was a delight to see two different animals during our recent trip to Kidepo.
Even better was the news tat there was a female with three cubs, unfortunately we did not find them, but it is a big park and there are so few vehicles looking.(actually one)
EOS 1DX
200-400mm F4 with 1.4 EX at 560mm
F 7.1
ISO 1600
1/5000

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on August 1, 2014 at 2:37 PM

Good one Ken! I like the pose you caught of the cheetah. Even though it does help to establish the local, I do find the OOF tree in the BG to be a distraction. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 2, 2014 at 9:58 AM

Great look at this cheetah, Ken. The background OOF tree is a real downer, located where it is...and there was probably no way for you to compensate, either.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on August 2, 2014 at 10:10 AM

John and Lon,
Thanks for your comments, I do not really mind the tree. It is there because it was the only position we could get into which reduced the grass in front of the face.

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments