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by John Tobias

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted August 6, 2015134 views2 comments

One of two snow leopard cubs at the Miller Park Zoo.  They are almost weaned and begining to feed on meat.  This cub showed his teeth with a little cat snarl, protecting his food.  The cubs are being hand raised after being rejected by their mother.  I had to shoot through a double layer of wire.  Smaller mesh wire had been placed over the larger woven wire to prevent the cubs from getting their heads stuck.  The result made it almost impossible to get a photo without shadows from the wire.

Canon T6i

1/200 @ F-4.0 ISO 400

Sigma 18-250  USM OS @ 31mm

Flash used.

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on August 6, 2015 at 3:17 PM

What a gorgeous creature! The shadoows of the wire don't bother me at all because the leopard's face and expression are front and center.

Well done!

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on August 7, 2015 at 5:45 PM

Great mean snarl.  Reminds me of an old girlfriend. sad  Real nice image. What did the snow leopold think of the flash going off?

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments