Playful Cheetah

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 28, 2016240 views8 comments

A portrait of a Cheetah cub that put on a fantastic show for us jumping up and down from this tree while the mother was on the lookout for potential danger. This image was captured in the Ndutu area of the Serengeti ecosystem while hosting a photographic safari last February.

Cabon EOS 1D Mark IV - EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM + 1.4x - 420mm - 1/500 sec at f/6.3 - ISO 500 <div> </div> <div id="myEventWatcherDiv" style="display:none;"> </div>

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8 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 28, 2016 at 1:21 PM

Wonderful image - darling kitten and great pose and rock/wood. Feels just a bit tight to me at the top.
Exceptional catch!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on May 28, 2016 at 4:41 PM

Fine portrait of this cutie, Mario. Although "conventional composition" might suggest framing toward the right, the big tree might have made it too right heavy.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 30, 2016 at 6:28 AM

Mario,
This is just too cute, great capture devil

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on May 30, 2016 at 12:07 PM

Great setting and terrific frame!
I may crop off some of the greens on LHS. I just wonder, if I'm seeing some blue in the tree. angel

Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on June 1, 2016 at 1:09 AM

Great pose with both paws visible and some wonderful texture in the perch. I agree that cropping from the left may help. I could see that greenish V shape in the center of the wood working really well as a graphical element if the left-hand green is eliminated.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 1, 2016 at 7:30 PM

You have to love the pose, with paws resting on the interesting broken remains of a branch. Others offer good suggestions...and I would offer perhaps this would work very well as a vertical. Great techs.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on June 2, 2016 at 4:44 PM

Great and fun image Mario. I would experiment with one or more of the suggested crops.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on June 4, 2016 at 5:20 PM

Lovely composition, color and detail.

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